Prognostic Biomarkers for Gastric Cancer: An Umbrella Review of the Evidence.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Biomarkers are biological molecules entirely or partially participating in cancerous processes that function as measurable indicators of abnormal changes in the human body microenvironment. Aiming to provide an overview of associations between prognostic biomarkers and gastric cancer (GC), we performed this umbrella review analyzing currently available meta-analyses and grading the evidence depending on the credibility of their associations. Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted by two independent investigators of the PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane Databases to identify meta-analyses investigating associations between prognostic biomarkers and GC. The strength of evidence for prognostic biomarkers for GC were categorized into four g

SUBMITTER: Zhou C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6895018 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature