CD44 and CD44v6 are Correlated with Gastric Cancer Progression and Poor Patient Prognosis: Evidence from 42 Studies
Author(s) -
Min Fang,
Junrong Wu,
Xin Lai,
Huaying Ai,
Yifeng Tao,
Bo Zhu,
Huang Ling-sha
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
cellular physiology and biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.486
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1421-9778
pISSN - 1015-8987
DOI - 10.1159/000452570
Subject(s) - cd44 , medicine , confidence interval , odds ratio , lymphovascular invasion , metastasis , stage (stratigraphy) , cancer , oncology , clinical significance , gastroenterology , pathology , biology , cell , paleontology , genetics
The prognostic power of the levels of total CD44 and its isoform CD44v6 for patients with gastric cancer (GC) remains controversial. Therefore, our study aims to generalize the clinicopathological and prognostic significance of these two proteins in GC.
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