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Published in: Gastric Cancer 4/2018

01-07-2018 | Review Article

The significance of OLGA and OLGIM staging systems in the risk assessment of gastric cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors: Hu Yue, Liu Shan, Lv Bin

Published in: Gastric Cancer | Issue 4/2018

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Abstract

Background

Despite extensive research on the criteria for the assessment of gastric cancer risk using the Operative Link on Gastritis Assessment (OLGA) and Operative Link on Gastritis/Intestinal-Metaplasia Assessment (OLGIM) systems, no comprehensive overview or systematic summary on their use is currently available.

Aim

To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the efficacy of the OLGA and OLGIM staging systems in evaluating gastric cancer risk.

Methods

We searched various databases, including PubMed, EMBASE, Medline, and Cochrane’s library, for articles published before March 2017 on the association between OLGA/OLGIM stages and risk of gastric cancer. Statistical analysis was performed using RevMan 5.30 and Stata 14.0, with the odds ratio, risk ratio, and 95% confidence interval as the effect measures.

Results

A meta-analysis of six case–control studies and two cohort studies, comprising 2700 subjects, was performed. The meta-analysis of prospective case–control studies demonstrated a significant association between the OLGA/OLGIM stages III/IV and gastric cancer. The Newcastle–Ottawa Scale (NOS) score reflected heterogeneity in the case–control studies on OLGA. Subgroup analysis of high-quality (NOS score ≥ 5) studies showed an association between OLGA stage III/IV and increased risk of gastric cancer; the association was also high in the remaining study with low NOS score. The association between higher stages of gastritis defined by OLGA and risk of gastric cancer was significant.

Conclusions

This correlation implies that close and frequent monitoring of such high-risk patients is necessary to facilitate timely diagnosis of gastric cancer.
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Metadata
Title
The significance of OLGA and OLGIM staging systems in the risk assessment of gastric cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors
Hu Yue
Liu Shan
Lv Bin
Publication date
01-07-2018
Publisher
Springer Japan
Published in
Gastric Cancer / Issue 4/2018
Print ISSN: 1436-3291
Electronic ISSN: 1436-3305
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10120-018-0812-3

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