Open AccessOverexpression of S100A4 protein may be associated with the development and progression of pancreatic cancer
Author(s) -
Yong Zhou,
Zhaohua Li,
Youming Ding,
Jianxin Zhang,
Qifeng Yang,
Yuezhen Wu
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.172582
Subject(s) - odds ratio , medicine , confidence interval , pancreatic cancer , meta analysis , tumor progression , cancer , oncology , metastasis , gastroenterology , pathology
Accumulated evidence has suggested a relationship between S100A4 protein expression and the development and progression of pancreatic cancer (PC) while its role in diagnosis and prognosis of PC still keeps inconsistent. To obtain definitive associations between S100A4 and PC, a meta-analysis was conducted.