Open AccessSerum pro-gastrin-releasing peptide in diagnosis of small cell lung cancer: A meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Hongyuan Wang,
Ji Qian
Publication year - 2016
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/jcrt.jcrt_1118_16
Subject(s) - likelihood ratios in diagnostic testing , diagnostic odds ratio , meta analysis , medicine , confidence interval , odds ratio , receiver operating characteristic , gastroenterology , biomarker , gastrin releasing peptide , lung cancer , oncology , biology , biochemistry , receptor , neuropeptide , bombesin
The purpose of this study was to assess the diagnostic sensitivity and specificity for serum pro-gastrin-releasing peptide (Pro-GRP) in diagnosis of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) through pooling all the open published data.