Review Article

Prognostic Role of MicroRNA-210 in Various Carcinomas: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Characteristics of all identified studies.

AuthorCountry Age
(median)
Tumor grade
(I.II/III.IV)
Tumor size (<=cm/>, unclear)Sampling
site
Tumor
type
Histological
type
Histological differentiation
(G1/G2, G3, and unknown)
MethodAttitudeFollow-up time
(median)
Survival outcome
(OS, DFS)
CutoffMicroRNA type

Buffa FM, 2011UK21955NR2.3 (median)TissueBreast cancerDuctal, lobular, mixed, and others129, 65, and 25qRT-PCRNeg10 yDFRS, RFSMedianmiR-128a, -342, -27b, -150
Foekens JA, 2008The Netherlands29852NR2 cm, 141/157TissueBreast cancerER+/LNN, triple-negative44, 161, and 93qRT-PCRPos99 mMFSMedianmiR-7, -128a, and -516-3p
Gee et al., 2010 [19]UK4663 8, 38NRTissueHead and neck cancersHNSCC27, 19qRT-PCRPos41 mOS, RFSMedianmiR-21, -10b
Greithe T1, 2009Germany5661.7NRNRTissuePancreatic cancerPDACNRqRT-PCRPos15.99 mDSSMedianmiR-155, -203, -216, -217, and -222
Greithe T2, 2011Germany785744, 34NRTissueSoft-tissue sarcomaSTS, LS, MFH, FS, RMS, LMS, NS, and Syn48, 30qRT-PCRPos66 mDSSQuartiles
Rothe F, 2011USA73NRNR2 cm, 43/29/1TissueBreast cancerER-positive, ER-negative35, 22, and 16qRT-PCRPos9.23 yRFSMedianmiR-148a
89NRNR2 cm, 34/55TissueBreast cancerER-positive64, 17, and 8qRT-PCRPos7.12 yRFSMedianmiR-149a
Toyama T, 2012Japan161NRNR2 cm, 42/117/2Tissue
Breast cancerTNBC, ER-positive, HER2-negative 86, 53, and 22qRT-PCRPos5.4 yDFS, OSMedian
Volinia S, 2012Italy, Columbia107NRNRNRTissueBreast cancerDCIS, IDC, metaplastic, atypical, medullary, apocrine, adenoid, normalNRqRT-PCRPosNRMFS, OSMedianmiR-127-3p, -185, -143, -let-7b, -21, -221, -652, -106b, -197, and -let-7i
Wotschofsky Z, 2012Germany896555, 345 (median)TissueRenal cell carcinomaccRCC nonmetastatic81, 8qRT-PCRNeg33.8 mRFSMedianmiR-122, -141, -155, -184, -200c, -224, and -514
22623, 199 (median)TissueRenal cell carcinomaccRCC metastatic8, 14qRT-PCRNeg9.4 mRFSMedianmiR-122, -141, -155, -184, -200c, -224, and -515

NR: not reference; qRT-PCR: quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction; Pos: positive; Neg: negative; HNSCC: head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; PDAC: pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas; STS: soft-tissue sarcoma; LS: liposarcoma; MFH: malignant fibrous histiocytoma; FS: fibrosarcoma; RMS: rhabdomyosarcoma; LMS: leiomyosarcoma; NS: neurogenic sarcoma; Syn: synovial sarcoma; TNBC: triple- negative breast cancers; ccRCC: clear cell renal cell carcinomas; G1, G2, and G3: histological different grades; DFRS: distant relapse-free survival; RFS: recurrence free survival; MFS: metastasis free survival; OS: overall survival; DSS: disease specific survival; DFS: disease free survival.