Prognostic values of MLKL in patients with GC. Decreased MLKL was related with poor OS (HR=0.80, P=0.045) and FP (HR=0.70, P=0.0036) in patients with GC. MLKL, mixed lineage kinase domain-like protein; GC, gastric cancer; OS, overall survival; FP, first progression; M0, no distant metastasis; M1, distant metastasis; N0, no lymph node metastasis; N1+2+3, lymph node metastasis; T, depth of invasion.