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Low STMN1 is associated with better prognosis in Asian patients with esophageal cancers: A meta‐analysis
Author(s) -
Cao Shasha,
Zhang Wei,
Shen Peihong,
Xu Ruiping
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.214
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1440-1746
pISSN - 0815-9319
DOI - 10.1111/jgh.15062
Subject(s) - medicine , cochrane library , esophageal cancer , carcinoma , survival rate , meta analysis , cancer , inclusion and exclusion criteria , disease , oncology , gastroenterology , pathology , alternative medicine
Background and Aim The role of STMN1 in the development and progression of esophageal carcinoma is not yet determined. The present study aimed to systematically evaluate the correlation between STMN1 and prognosis of patients with esophageal carcinoma. Methods Electronic databases including PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane library, and Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM) were searched to identify studies evaluating the impact of STMN1 on the survival of esophageal cancer patients, without the language limitation. Two investigators screened the literature according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria and evaluated the quality of the included studies. The combined analysis was performed using RevMan 5.3 software. Results A total of eight studies, involving 1240 esophageal carcinoma patients, were included in this retrospective design. Meta‐analysis showed that esophageal carcinoma patients with low STMN1 had a superior overall survival and disease‐free survival than those with high expression of STMN1. Compared with the high expression of STMN1, the 5‐year survival rate was significantly higher in patients with low level of STMN1. Patients with high STMN1 expression had a higher risk of experiencing clinical grade III–IV disease, lymph node metastasis, and tumor invasion than those with low STMN1. Conclusion STMN1 is an indicator for the prognosis of esophageal carcinoma patients.