Review Article

Prognostic Role of the Circulating Tumor Cells Detected by Cytological Methods in Gastric Cancer: A Meta-Analysis

Table 4

Sensitivity analyses for data during chemotherapy samples.

Study omittedOSPS
HR95% CI (%)HR95% CI (%)

Li et al. 2016 [10]5.372.52–11.450.00.6807.541.87–30.3874.90.046
Kubisch et al. 2015 [15]4.052.50–6.550.00.7346.001.00–35.9288.50.003
Matsusaka et al. 2010 [19]4.242.57–6.990.00.4352.861.80–4.550.00.441

Combined 4.332.77–6.760.00.7254.941.83–13.2877.00.013

The superscript “” refers to heterogeneity.