Open AccessDiagnostic accuracy of human epididymis secretory protein 4 for lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Yan Li,
Zhide Hu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2019.06.72
Subject(s) - medicine , meta analysis , lung cancer , diagnostic accuracy , publication bias , likelihood ratios in diagnostic testing , cancer , bivariate analysis , diagnostic odds ratio , oncology , pathology , statistics , mathematics
Several studies have assessed the diagnostic accuracy of serum human epididymis secretory protein 4 (HE4) for lung cancer, but their results were heterogeneous. The aim of this study was to systematically review the available studies and pool their results using meta-analysis.