High expression of GATA3 was associated with smaller tumor size, but was unrelated to lymph node metastasis (pooled RR = 0.816, 95% CI = 0.709–0.940, P = 0.005; pooled RR = 0.907, 95% CI = 0.808–1.017, P = 0.611; Fig 3E and 3F). Here, GATA3 is linked to neoplasm.