Clinicopathological differences of high Fusobacterium nucleatum levels in colorectal cancer: A review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To systematically evaluate the significance of Fusobacterium nucleatum (Fn) levels the clinicopathological impacts of cancer.

Methods

Literature from Pubmed, Embase, and Web of Science was retrieved to collect all English literatures on the correlation between Fn and cancer, and the quality of literatures collected was assessed based on the Newcastle-Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale. The heterogeneity and sensitivity were detected by Stata 14.0 software, and the correlation between Fn and cancer clinicopathological as the effect variables was assessed according to the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI). The forest plot was drawn.

Results

A total of 19 articles meeting the inclusion criteria were selected. The incidence of Fn prevalence va

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9672069 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature