Patients characteristics and CSN6 expression
| Variables | CSN6 staining | Total | P* | |
| Low (%) | High (%) | |||
| All points | 27 (30) | 63 (70) | 90 | |
| Age (years) | ||||
| = 57 | 7 (23.3) | 23 (76.7) | 30 | 0.329 |
| > 57 | 20 (33.3) | 40 (66.7) | 60 | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 22 (31.4) | 48 (68.6) | 70 | 0.580 |
| Female | 5 (25) | 15 (75) | 20 | |
| Tumor size (cm) | ||||
| = 7 | 17 (27.9) | 44 (72.1) | 61 | 0.522 |
| > 7 | 10 (34.5) | 19 (65.5) | 29 | |
| pT status | ||||
| pT1-2 | 16 (61.5) | 10 (38.5) | 26 | 0.000 |
| pT3 | 6 (35.3) | 11 (64.7) | 17 | |
| pT4 | 5(10.6) | 42 (89.4) | 47 | |
| pN status | ||||
| pN0 | 9 (40.9) | 13 (59.1) | 22 | 0.028 |
| pN1 | 8 (50) | 8 (50) | 16 | |
| pN2-pN3 | 10 (19.2) | 42 (80.8) | 52 | |
| TNM stage | ||||
| II | 18 (41.9) | 25 (58.1) | 43 | 0.019 |
| III-IV | 9 (19.1) | 38 (80.9) | 47 | |
*P values are obtained from χ2 test.