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SynthesisInternational journal of clinical and experimental pathology2014

P16INK4a overexpression and survival in osteosarcoma patients: a meta analysis.

Jie Bu, Hui Li, Li-Hong Liu, Yu-Rong Ouyang, Hong-Bin Guo, Xiao-Yang Li, Tao Xiao

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Synthesis in International journal of clinical and experimental pathology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jie BuDepartment of Orthopedics, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University Changsha 410010, China.
Hui LiDepartment of Orthopedics, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University Changsha 410010, China.
Li-Hong LiuDepartment of Orthopedics, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University Changsha 410010, China.
Yu-Rong OuyangDepartment of Orthopedics, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University Changsha 410010, China.
Hong-Bin GuoDepartment of Orthopedics, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University Changsha 410010, China.
Xiao-Yang LiDepartment of Orthopedics, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University Changsha 410010, China.
Tao XiaoDepartment of Orthopedics, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University Changsha 410010, China.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteosarcoma is one of the most common primary bone malignancies. Although there is a significant improvement of survival on osteosarcoma patients in the past decades, treatment of osteosarcoma is still unsatisfactory for the development of pulmonary metastasis. The potential prognostic value of p16(INK4a) in osteosarcoma has been investigated, however, the results from different studies were somewhat controversial. To elucidate whether p16(INK4a) is indeed a prognostic factor of osteosarcoma, we conducted a meta-analysis of the published literatures to provide a comprehensive evaluation of the significance of p16(INK4a) expression in patients with osteosarcoma. Eight studies with a total of 354 patients with osteosarcoma were examined. The pooled odds ratio (OR) with corresponding 95% confidence interval (95% CI) was calculated to evaluate the effect of p16(INK4a) expression on overall survival. Meta-analysis showed that patients with high p16(INK4a) expression were significantly associated with favourable overall survival when compared to their counterparts with low or undetectable p16(INK4a) expression (OR = 0.270, 95% CI 0.162-0.451, P < 0.001). Sensitivity analysis suggested the pooled OR was stable and not significantly changed when a single study was removed. In conclusion, the results from this meta-analysis highlight that p16(INK4a) is an effective biomarker of survival in patients with osteosarcoma.

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Biomarkers, TumorBone NeoplasmsCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16HumansOdds RatioOsteosarcomaPredictive Value of TestsPrognosisRisk FactorsSurvival AnalysisTime FactorsUp-RegulationBiomarkers, TumorCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16meta-analysisOsteosarcoma P16INK4a expressionsurvival

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PMID25337256
PMCPMC4203227
OpenAlexW1428379837

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