LGALS9 and neoplasm: LGALS9 was significantly increased in tumor samples (2.773 ± 0.18) compared to normal tissue (1.708 ± 0.61), while it did not show significant differences between stages; stage I and II displayed a mean level of 6.412 ± 0.17 and stages III and IV a mean of 7.723 ± 0.08 (Figure 1A).