Open AccessPrognostic value of NM23 in patients with gastric cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Qinghua Wang,
Wei Han,
Min-Bin Chen,
Jie Bao,
Bing-Fang Wang
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 - 10.4103/0973-1482.183188
Subject(s) - medicine , meta analysis , confidence interval , subgroup analysis , odds ratio , cancer , oncology , metastasis , biomarker , gastroenterology , biology , biochemistry
NM23, as a possible biomarker of prognosis in malignant tumors, has generated remarkable interest in this critical period of the high morbidity and mortality of malignancies. Thus, we launched this meta-analysis to investigate the predictive value of NM23 expression in patients with gastric cancer.