Additionally, in accordance with the results of miR-4731-5p, the level of RPLP0 was also notably related in lymph node metastasis, distance metastasis, and TNM stage, but no statistical difference was found between the expression of RPLP0 and age, gender, smoking, or tumor size. Here, RPLP0 is linked to metastatic malignant neoplasm in the lymph nodes.