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SynthesisTumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine2014

Prognostic value of HER-2/neu expression in epithelial ovarian cancer: a meta-analysis.

Yan Wang, Dong Wang, Mulan Ren

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Synthesis in Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Association of HER2 codon 655 polymorphism with ovarian cancer.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2016
    Article
  3. Article
  4. Overexpression of GOLPH3 protein is associated with worse prognosis in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2014
    Article
  5. Prognostic biomarkers in endometrial and ovarian carcinoma.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2014
    Review
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yan WangDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
Dong Wang
Mulan Ren
Zhongda Hospital Southeast University · CNSoutheast University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Various studies examined the relationship between human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER-2/neu) overexpression and the clinical outcome in patients with ovarian cancer, but yielded conflicting results. Electronic databases updated in May 2013 were searched to find relevant studies. A meta-analysis was conducted with eligible studies which quantitatively evaluated the relationship between HER-2/neu overexpression and survival of patients with ovarian cancer. Survival data were aggregated and quantitatively analyzed. We conducted a final analysis of 3,055 patients from 20 eligible studies and evaluated the correlation between HER-2/neu overexpression and survival in patients with ovarian cancer. Combined hazard ratios suggested that HER-2/neu overexpression was not associated with a significant impact on survival, with the hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) being 1.05 and 0.92-1.19, respectively, overall. When grouped according to the study design type, a statistically significant combined HR was found in retrospective studies (HR = 1.44, 95% CI 1.14-1.75) and no statistically significant combined HR was found (HR = 0.96, 95% CI 0.81-1.11) for prospective studies. HER-2/neu overexpression seems to have no significant impact on survival of ovarian cancer patients. However, a statistically significant combined HR was found in retrospective studies, but not in prospective studies.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticCarcinoma, Ovarian EpithelialErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesFemaleHumansNeoplasms, Glandular and EpithelialOdds RatioOvarian NeoplasmsPatient Outcome AssessmentPrognosisProspective StudiesPublication BiasRetrospective StudiesErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases

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PMID23873100
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