Review Article

Circular RNAs in Gastric Cancer: Potential Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets

Table 2

Diagnostic efficiency of circRNAs in GC.

circRNAsSamplesClinical associationDiagnostic valueSample sizeRef
SensSpecAUCCutoff valueCaseControl

Oncogenic
hsa_circ_0066444TissuesLymphatic metastasis0.70750.68870.7328106106[71]
hsa_circRNA_102958TissuesTNM stage0.610.860.743030[72]
hsa_circ-0000467TissuesTNM stage0.7050.6480.7905151[66]
Antioncogenic
hsa_circ_0067582TissuesTissue CEA level and stages0.5520.7500.67110.619696[83]
hsa_circ_0005758CEA level and perineural invasion0.7500.6770.72110.20
hsa_circ_0003159TissuesGender, distal metastasis, and TNM stage0.8520.5650.7512.31108108[82]
hsa_circ_0005654Tissues0.9276868[79]
hsa_circ_00001649TissuePathological differentiation0.7110.8160.8340.22692257676[80]
hsa_circ_0000096TissuesGender, invasion, and TNM stage0.880.560.8212.9101101[65]
hsa_circ_0014717TissuesTumor stage, distal metastasis, tissue CEA, and CA19-9 expression0.59380.81250.69612.1496 GC96[11]
hsa_circ_0001895TissuesTumor differentiation, Borrmann type, and tissue CEA expression0.6780.8570.7929.5396 GC96[81]
hsa_circ_002059TissuesDistal metastasis, TNM stage, gender, and age0.810.620.7312.9101101[84]
hsa_circ_0006633TissuesDistal metastasis and tissue CEA level0.600.810.7418.179696[85]
hsa_circ_0130810TissuesTNM stage and lymphatic metastasis0.77420.68000.74811.4432828[86]
hsa_circ_0006848PlasmaTumor differentiation and tumor size0.7333030[77]
hsa_circ_0000745PlasmaTNM stage0.8550.450.6836060[78]
hsa_circ_0000190Tissues,Tumor diameter, lymphatic and distal metastasis, TNM stage, and CA19-90.7210.6830.756.83104104[67]
PlasmaCEA0.4140.8750.603.07104104
hsa_circ_0000181Tissues, plasmaTumor size, lymphatic metastasis, distal metastasis, and CA19-90.9900.8520.7569.40115115[73]
Tumor differentiation and CEA level99.0%20.6%0.5827.27102105
hsa_circ_0000520Tissues,TNM stage0.53570.85710.61295656[74]
PlasmaCEA expression0.82350.84440.89674517
hsa_circ_0001821Tissues,Tumor depth and lymph node metastasis0.7928080[68]
Plasma0.8723030
hsa_circ_0001017Tissues,Age, tumor size, invasion, TNM stages, distal metastasis, and CEA levels0.7940.8110.871121121[75]
PlasmaGender, tumor size, differentiation, and distal metastasis0.6760.8970.851
hsa_circ_0061276Tissues,Age, tumor size, TNM stages, distal metastasis, and CEA levels0.9130.5070.764
PlasmaGender, tumor size, differentiation, and CEA levels0.7580.9590.849
hsa_circ_0000419Tissues,Borrmann type and differentiation grade0.5520.6770.6428.149696[76]
PlasmaTumor stage, lymphatic and distal metastasis, venous and perineural invasion0.6820.8840.8404.94443

Sens: sensitivity; Spec: specificity.