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We analyzed Nodal expression in patients of CRC (161), high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia (HGIN, 28) and five types of colorectal polyps (116). The Nodal expression difference among groups and the association between Nodal expression and clinicopathological features were analyzed. Two categories logistic regression model was used to predict the odds ratio (OR) of risk factors for high tumor-stroma percentage (TSP), and ROC curve was used to assess the diagnostic value of Nodal in predicting high TSP in CRC. We found that Nodal expression was significantly elevated in CRC and HGIN (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.0001). The increased expression of Nodal was related with high TSP, mismatch repair-proficient (pMMR) status, lymph node metastasis and advanced AJCC stage (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05). Besides, Nodal expression was the only risk factor for high TSP (OR = 6.94; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001), and ROC curve demonstrated that Nodal expression was able to efficiently distinguish high and low TSP. In conclusion, different expression of Nodal between CRC\/HGIN and benign lesions is suggestive of a promoting role for Nodal in colorectal tumor progression. 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