PYCR1 and metastatic malignant neoplasm in the lymph nodes: The meta-analysis results showed that the expression of PYCR1 was higher in the clinical stage III–IV group than that in the clinical stage I–II group (OR = 1.67, 95%CI: 1.03–2.71), higher in the lymph node metastasis group than in the non-lymph node metastasis group (OR = 1.57, 95%CI: 1.06–2.33), and higher in the distant metastasis group than in the non-distant metastasis group (OR = 3.46, 95%CI: 1.64–7.29).