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Published in: Diagnostic Pathology 1/2014

Open Access 01-12-2014 | Research

Prognostic role of CD44 expression in osteosarcoma: evidence from six studies

Authors: Yu Liu, Yongwei Wu, Sanjun Gu, Zhenzhong Sun, Yongjun Rui, Jianbing Wang, Yao Lu, Haifeng Li, Kelin Xu, Peng Sheng

Published in: Diagnostic Pathology | Issue 1/2014

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Abstract

Background

Numerous studies examining the relationship between CD44 expression and prognostic impact in patients with osteosarcoma have yielded inconclusive results. The aim of this meta-analysis was carried out to investigate the relationship between CD44 expression and the survival in patients with osteosarcoma.

Methods

We therefore conducted a meta-analysis to provide a comprehensive evaluation of the prognostic role of CD44 expression on the overall survival rate and metastasis, which compared the positive and negative expression of CD44 in patients of the available studies.

Results

A detailed search was made in MEDLINE and EMBASE for relevant original articles published in English. Finally, a total of six studies with 329 osteosarcoma patients were involved to estimate the relationship between CD44 expression and metastasis of tumor and overall survival. Positive expressions of CD44 did not predict neoplasm metastasis (RR = 1.36, 95% CI: 1.00–1.84, P = 0.50), and the results indicated that higher expression of CD44 could not predict poorer survival in osteosarcoma with the pooled HR of 0.55 (95% CI: 0.27–1.13, P = 0.47).

Conclusions

The findings from this present meta-analysis suggest that CD44 expression is not associated with overall survival rate and metastasis in osteosarcoma.

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Metadata
Title
Prognostic role of CD44 expression in osteosarcoma: evidence from six studies
Authors
Yu Liu
Yongwei Wu
Sanjun Gu
Zhenzhong Sun
Yongjun Rui
Jianbing Wang
Yao Lu
Haifeng Li
Kelin Xu
Peng Sheng
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Diagnostic Pathology / Issue 1/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1746-1596
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-1596-9-140

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