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SynthesisMedicine2021

Dysregulated expression of circular RNAs serve as diagnostic and prognostic markers in ovarian and cervical cancer: A PRISMA-compliant systematic review and meta-analysis.

Fengyuan Liu, Xinrui Wu, Huixia Zhu, Feng Wang

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Synthesis in Medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 50% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. CircRNA-regulated glucose metabolism in ovarian cancer: an emerging landscape for therapeutic intervention.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 4 countries.

Fengyuan LiuDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9333-9449
Xinrui WuDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China.
Huixia ZhuDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China.
Feng WangDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Public Health School of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China.
Apple (Israel) · ILNantong University · CN

Funding

Nantong University Student Innovation Program 2020146National Natural Science Foundation of China 81873978
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionRecent studies have reported a connection between non-coding RNAs such as circular RNAs (circRNAs) and the prognosis of various cancers. However, the mechanism of circRNA in ovarian cancer and cervical cancer has not been consistent. We evaluated the diagnostic and prognostic roles of circRNAs in ovarian and cervical cancer by meta-analysis.

methodsPooled hazard ratios with 95% confidence intervals were to estimate overall survival. Diagnostic efficacy was estimated by sensitivity, specificity and area under curve.

resultsBy searching PubMed, Embase, the Web of Science databases, and other sources, we obtained a total of 22 studies with 2059 patients from Asia population. High expression levels of oncogenic circRNAs were significantly associated with poor prognoses both in ovarian and cervical cancer. However, elevated expression levels of tumor-suppressor circRNAs were linked with favorable survival time in ovarian cancer. As for diagnostic role, the area under the curve value in ovarian cancer and cervical cancer is 0.89 and 0.93, respectively.

conclusionsCircRNAs have the prospect of becoming a promising biomarker for diagnosis and prognosis of ovarian and cervical cancer. Accordingly, circRNAs might be novel indicators and targets of therapy for ovarian and cervical cancer.

Indexed as

Biomarkers, TumorFemaleHumansOvarian NeoplasmsRNA, CircularUterine Cervical NeoplasmsBiomarkers, TumorRNA, Circular

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PMID34596142
PMCPMC8483828
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