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SynthesisJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2016

Prognostic significance of EZH2 expression in patients with oesophageal cancer: a meta-analysis.

Yawei Wang, Fang Gao, Meng Zhao, Bing Li, Dan Xing, Jie Wang, Yang Yang

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Synthesis in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yawei WangDepartment of Electromyography, Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Fang GaoDepartment of Gastroenterology, Tianjin Dong Li Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Meng ZhaoDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Bing LiDepartment of Orthopedics, Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Dan XingDepartment of Orthopedics, Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Jie WangDepartment of Orthopedics, Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Yang YangDepartment of Electromyography, Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Tianjin Hospital · CNTianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Enhancer of zeste 2 (EZH2), a key component of polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2), was of great importance in human cancer pathogenesis. Various studies examined the relationship between EZH2 overexpression with the clinical outcome in patients with digestive cancers, but yielded conflicting results. Electronic databases updated to January 2015 were searched to find relevant studies. A meta-analysis was conducted with eligible studies which quantitatively evaluated the relationship between EZH2 overexpression and survival of patients with digestive cancers. Survival data were aggregated and quantitatively analysed. We performed a meta-analysis of 10 studies (n = 1461 patients) that evaluated the correlation between EZH2 overexpression and survival in patients with digestive cancers. Combined hazard ratios suggested that EZH2 overexpression was associated with poor prognosis of overall survival (HR = 1.54, 95% CI: 1.27-1.81) in patients with oesophageal cancer. In the stratified analysis, no significant risks were found among gastric cancer (HR = 0.66, 95% CI: 0.16-1.15) and colorectal cancer (HR = 0.91, 0.63-1.19), indicating that EZH2 was not an indicator of poor prognosis in gastric cancer or colorectal cancer. Enhancer of zeste 2 overexpression indicates a poor prognosis for patients with oesophageal cancer, but not among gastric cancer or colorectal cancer.

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Colorectal NeoplasmsDisease-Free SurvivalEnhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 ProteinEsophageal NeoplasmsGene ExpressionHumansPrognosisProportional Hazards ModelsStomach NeoplasmsUp-RegulationEnhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 ProteinEZH2 protein, humancolorectal cancerenhancer of zeste homolog 2gastric cancermeta-analysisoesophageal cancerprognosis

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