Review Article

Significance of Chromosome 9p Status in Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Quality of the Reported Studies

Table 5

Assessment of bias and applicability of the included observational cohort studies.

StudyRisk of bias Applicability concerns
Patients selectionDefinition of thresholdValidation testFlow and clinical followupCohort selectionTechnique interpretation and thresholdTarget conditionSample size and tissue samples used

Antonelli et al., 2010 [31]HighLowHighLowLowLowLowHigh
Brunelli et al., 2008 [32]HighLowHighLowLowLowLowHigh
Gunawan et al., 2003 [33]HighLowHighHighLowLowLowHigh
Klatte et al., 2009 [34]HighLowHighHighLowLowLowHigh
La Rochelle et al., 2010 [29]LowLowHighLowLowLowLowHigh
Li et al., 2011 [35]HighLowLowHighLowLowLowHigh
Moch et al., 1996 [36]HighLowHighHighLowLowlowHigh
Presti et al., 2002 [37]HighLowHighLowLowLowLowHigh
Sanjmyatav et al., 2011 [38]HighLowLowLowLowLowLowHigh
Schraml et al., 2000 [40]LowLowHighHighLowLowLowHigh
Schraml et al., 2001 [39]LowLowHighHighLowLowLowHigh