Review Article

Prognostic Significance of Pretreatment Apolipoprotein A-I as a Noninvasive Biomarker in Cancer Survivors: A Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Main characteristics of all included studies.

StudyYearCancer typeCountryIncluded timeTotal sampleFollow-upCutoff valueCutoff selectionTreatment methodsStageSurvival typeNOS

Chen S2018NSCLCChina2008–2010141≥5 years1.17 g/lX-tile softwareMixedMixedOS6
Shang Z2018Bladder cancerChina2004–2011470≥5 years1.19 g/lROC analysisWith surgeryNo metastasisOS, CSS7
Ma M2018GCChina2005–20101201≥5 years1.4 g/lX-tile softwareWith surgeryMixedOS8
Chang H2018NPCChina2010–20111927≥5 years1.125 g/lROC analysisNo surgeryNo metastasisOS, DFS, LRFS, DMFS8
Li X2017BCChina2008–20111044≥5 years1.56 g/lROC analysisWith surgeryNo metastasisOS, DFS7
Quan Q2017CRCChina2005–2013721≥5 years1.105 g/lROC analysisNo surgeryMetastasisOS7
Sirnio P2017CRCFinland2006–2010144≥5 years1.235 g/lROC analysisWith surgeryMixedOS6
Ma XL-12016HCCChina2012–2015224<5 years1.04 g/lX-tile softwareWith surgeryMixedOS, TTR7
Ma XL-22016HCCChina2012-2013219<5 years1.04 g/lX-tile softwareWith surgeryMixedOS, TTR6
Quan Q2016ENKTLChina2002–2014236≥5 years0.95 g/lROC analysisNo surgeryMixedOS, PFS7
Wang XP2016ESCCChina2007–2009210≥5 years1.21 g/lROC analysisWith surgeryMixedOS6
Guo S2016RCCChina2000–2012755≥5 years1.04 g/lROC analysisWith surgeryMixedOS, DFS7
Luo XL2015NPCChina2004–20071196≥5 years1.025 g/lROC analysisNo surgeryNo metastasisDSS, LRFS, DMFS8
Jiang R2014NPCChina2003–2009807≥5 years1.065 g/lROC analysisNo surgeryMetastasisOS7

NSCLC: non-small cell lung cancer; GC: gastric cancer; NPC: nasopharyngeal carcinoma; BC: breast cancer; CRC: colorectal cancer; HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma; ENKTL: extranodal natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type; ESCC: esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; RCC: renal cell cancer; OS: overall survival; CSS: cancer-specific survival; TTR: time to recurrence; DFS: disease-free survival; PFS: progression-free survival; DSS: disease-specific survival; DMFS: distant metastasis-free survival; LRFS: locoregional recurrence-free survival; ROC: the receiver operating characteristic curve.