Prognostic significance of E-cadherin expression in hepatocellular carcinoma: a meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Backgrounds

Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignancy of liver and HCC-related morbidity and mortality remains at high level. Researchers had investigated whether and how reduced E-cadherin expression impacted the prognosis of patients with HCC but the results reported by different teams remain inconclusive.

Methods

A systematic literature search was performed in all available databases to retrieve eligible studies and identify all relevant data, which could be used to evaluate the correlation between reduced E-cadherin expression and clinicopathological features and prognosis for HCC patients. A fixed or random effects model was used in this meta-analysis to calculate the pooled odds ratios (OR) and weighted mean differences (WMD) with 95% confiden

SUBMITTER: Chen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4122395 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature