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Impact of S100A4 Expression on Clinicopathological Characteristics and Prognosis in Pancreatic Cancer: A Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Characteristics of the included studies (P: S100A4-positive; N: S100A4-negative; NA: not available).

AuthorYearCountryNumber of patientsDuration of follow-up⁢Cutoff scores (positive/negative)N category (N0/N1)Distant metastasis (M0/M1)Histology (well, mod/Por)3-year OS rate

Oida et al. [26]2006Japan72NA>NA (40/32)P (5/35)
N (7/25)
P (24/16)
N (20/12)
P (37/3)
N (27/5)
P 7.5% (3/40)
N 31.3% (10/32)
Ai et al. [27]2008China62NAScore 2 (38/24)P (5/33)
N (8/16)
P (23/15)
N (16/8)
P (21/17)
N (11/13)
P 2.1% (1/38)
N 20.8% (5/24)
Tsukamoto et al. [19]2013Japan83NA>5% (48/35)P (12/36)
N (12/23)
NAP (38/10)
N (32/3)
P 10.4% (5/48)
N 17.1% (6/35)
Lee et al. [28]2014Korea67Median 16.9 monthsScore 2 (36/31)NANANAP 11.1% (4/36)
N 35.5% (11/31)
Jia [29]2011China634–36 monthsScore 2 (47/16)P (14/33)
N (12/4)
P (31/16)
N (16/10)
P (32/15)
N (15/1)
P 0% (0/47)
N 37.5% (6/16)
Liu [30]2011China82NAScore 2 (57/25)P (16/41)
N (16/9)
NAP (37/20)
N (24/1)
NA
Liu [31]2004China45NA>20% (21/24)P (3/18)
N (12/12)
NAP (10/11)
N (20/4)
NA