Review Article

Clinicopathological and Prognostic Role of Long Noncoding RNA Linc00152 in Various Human Neoplasms: Evidence from Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Main characteristics of included studies in the meta-analysis.

Study YearTumor typeCase nationalityMedian or mean ageDominant ethnicityStudy designMain pathological typeTumor stage
(I/II/III/IV)
Detected sampleOutcome measuresSource of HRMaximum months of follow-up

Chen et al.2017Lung adenocarcinomaChina65AsianRAdenoCA24/36 (I-II/IIIa)TissueOS/PFSSC40
Wu et al.2016ccRCCChina60AsianRAdenoCA22/55 (I/II–IV)TissueOSReported80
Hu et al.2016ESCCChina54.29AsianRSqCa133/72 (I-II/III-IV)PlasmaOSReported60
Cai et al.2016Gallbladder cancerChina60AsianRAdenoCA17/23 (I-II/III-IV)TissueNRNRNR
Cai et al.2016Gallbladder cancerChina60AsianRAdenoCA13/22 (I-II/III-IV)TissueOSSC40
Yue et al.2016Colon cancerChina65AsianRAdenoCA66/68 (II/III)TissueOS/DFSReported100
Chen et al.2016Gastric cancerChina60AsianRAdenoCA32/16 (I-II/III-IV)TissueOSReported60
Ji et al.2015HCCChina60AsianRAdenoCA61/41 (I-II/III-IV)TissueNRNRNR

Study design is described as retrospective (R). AdenoCA, adenocarcinoma; SqCa, squamous carcinoma; OS, overall survival; DFS, disease-free survival; PFS, progression-free survival. ccRCC, clear cell renal cell carcinoma; ESCC, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma. NR, not reported; SC, survival curve.