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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2022

Role of STAT3 Expression in Thyroid Cancer: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review Based on the Chinese Population.

Ya-Nan Liang, Zuwang Zhang, Ji Song, Fuwei Yang, Pan Yang

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2022. 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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  1. Endocrine oncology (Bristol, England) · 2026
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  2. Diabetes Mellitus and Thyroid Cancers: Risky Correlation, Underlying Mechanisms and Clinical Prevention.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2024
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Ya-Nan LiangDepartment of Otolaryngology, University-Town Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 401331, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7390-6802
Zuwang ZhangDepartment of Respiratory, University-Town Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 401331, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4605-8457
Ji SongDepartment of Otolaryngology, University-Town Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 401331, China.
Fuwei YangDepartment of Otolaryngology, University-Town Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 401331, China.
Pan YangDepartment of Emergency, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, China.
Chongqing Medical University · CNDalian Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Signal transduction and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is an oncogene with transcriptional activity. In recent years, there have been several studies concerning the clinicopathological significance of the expression of the STAT3 protein in thyroid cancer. However, the results are still inconsistent. In this study, we conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate the relationship between the expression of STAT3 protein and thyroid cancer susceptibility and its clinicopathological characteristics. Methods: We searched the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) database, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM), Chinese Scientific and Journal Database (VIP), Wanfang, PubMed, and EMBASE. The time frame of the publication search was from the establishment of each of the databases until December 2021. We performed a meta-analysis to quantitatively evaluate the relationship between the expression of the STAT3 protein in thyroid cancer and its clinicopathological characteristics. Results: A total of eight articles were included in the meta-analysis, covering 448 thyroid cancer patients and 227 controls. Results indicated that the expression of STAT3 protein in thyroid cancer tissue is highly expressed (OR = 14.41, 95% CI (6.94, 29.91), Conclusions: This study reveals that STAT3 protein expression is significantly related to the susceptibility and clinicopathological characteristics of thyroid cancer. It also suggests that STAT3 may be a potential predictor of the clinical progression of thyroid cancer.

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