Review Article

Clinical Significance of ErbB Receptor Family in Urothelial Carcinoma of the Bladder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 3

Significance of ErbB receptor family as a marker for bladder cancer death.

Study nameMethodsPts no.Study subjectSignificance

EGFR
 [13]IHC73T2–4Yes
 [25]IHC109T2NS
 [16]IHC182T0–4NS
 [26]IHC59T2–4Yes
 [27]IHC141T2–4NS
 [15]IHC52T0-1NS
IHC101T0–4Yes
 [26]RT-PCR59T2–4Yes
 [28]RT-PCR88T0–4NS
 [29]qRT-PCR73T0–4NS

ErbB2
 [30]Gene amplification163T0–4Yes
 [31]Gene amplification57T0–4Yes
 [21]FISH62T0–4NS
 [32]FISH1500T0–4NS
 [13]IHC55T2–4NS
 [22]IHC39T3-4Yes
 [25]IHC109T2NS
 [33]IHC80T2–4NS
 [16]IHC184T0–4NS
 [34]IHC90T2–4Yes
 [35] IHC138T2–4Yes
 [36]IHC132T2–4Yes
 [27]IHC141T2–4NS
 [37]IHC88T0–4Yes
 [32]IHC1500T0–4NS
 [5]IHC245T0–4Yes
 [23]IHC89T0–4Yes
 [28]RT-PCR88T0–4NS
 [29]RT-PCR73T0–4NS

ErbB3 or ErbB4
 [16]
IHC128T0–4NS
IHC124T0–4Yes