Review Article

Meta-Analysis of the Relationship between NM23 Expression to Gastric Cancer Risk and Clinical Features

Table 1

Main characteristics of the eligible studies.

AuthorYearCountryCohortStageMethods5-year OS rate
NM23+NM23

Wang2016China230NAIHCNA
Radovic2013Croatia56I–IVIHCNA
Okayama2009Japan135I–IIIIHCNA
Yang2008China40I–IVIHCNA
Mönig2007Germany116I–IVIHC35.80%40.00%
Guan-Zhen2007China71I–IVIHCNA
Ding2006China78I–IVISH53.70%4.17%
Yu2006China74NAIHCNA
Liu2005China40II/IIIISHNA
Chen2005China43I–IVIHCNA
Chen2004China43I–IVIHCNA
Li2003China110I–IVIHC70.50%20.00%
Lee2003Korea841I–IVIHC64.50%79.70%
Terada2002Japan103NAIHC63.26%48.44%
Ji2002China71I–IVIHCNA
Wang1999China97NAIHCNA
Hsu1999China24IIIIHC31.57%6.90%
Dhar1999Japan59I–IVIHC11.96%54.06%
Yoo1999Korea261II-IIIIHC59.82%53.70%
Wang1998China37NAIHCNA
Yeung1998Australia23NAIHCNA
Muller1998Germany529NAIHCNA
Wei1997China138I–IVIHCNA
Songun1996Holland105I–IVIHCNA
Ura1996Japan110NAIHC77.50%41.50%
Kim1995Korea101NAIHCNA
Zhang1995China88I–IVIHCNA

NA, not available; OS, overall survival; IHC, immunohistochemistry; ISH, in situ hybridization.