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SynthesisFrontiers in oncology2023

The positive relationship between androgen receptor splice variant-7 expression and the risk of castration-resistant prostate cancer: A cumulative analysis.

Shankun Zhao, Jian Liao, Shilong Zhang, Maolei Shen, Xin Li, Libo Zhou

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Synthesis in Frontiers in oncology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Shankun ZhaoDepartment of Urology, Taizhou Central Hospital (Taizhou University Hospital), Taizhou, Zhejiang, China.
Jian LiaoDepartment of Nephrology, Jiaxing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China.
Shilong ZhangClinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Maolei ShenDepartment of Urology, Taizhou Central Hospital (Taizhou University Hospital), Taizhou, Zhejiang, China.
Xin LiDepartment of Urology, Taizhou Central Hospital (Taizhou University Hospital), Taizhou, Zhejiang, China.
Libo ZhouDepartment of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Taizhou University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University · CNFirst Hospital of Jiaxing · CNTaizhou Central Hospital · CNZhejiang Chinese Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: At present, androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is still the standard regimen for patients with metastatic and locally advanced prostate cancer (PCa). The level of androgen receptor splice variant-7 (AR-V7) in men with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) has been reported to be elevated compared with that in patients diagnosed with hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (HSPC). Aim: Herein, we performed a systematic review and cumulative analysis to evaluate whether the expression of AR-V7 was significantly higher in patients with CRPC than in HSPC patients. Methods: The commonly used databases were searched to identify the potential studies reporting the level of AR-V7 in CRPC and HSPC patients. The association between CRPC and the positive expression of AR-V7 was pooled by using the relative risk (RR) with the corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs) under a random-effects model. For detecting the potential bias and the heterogeneity of the included studies, sensitivity analysis and subgroup analysis were performed. Publication bias was assessed Egger's and Begg's tests. This study was registered on PROSPERO (ID: CRD42022297014). Results: This cumulative analysis included 672 participants from seven clinical trials. The study group contained 354 CRPC patients, while the other group contained 318 HSPC patients. Pooled results from the seven eligible studies showed that the expression of positive AR-V7 was significantly higher in men with CRPC compared to those with HSPC (RR = 7.55, 95% CI: 4.61-12.35, Conclusion: Evidence from the seven eligible studies demonstrated that patients with CRPC had a significantly elevated positive expression of AR-V7. More investigations are still warranted to clarify the association between CRPC and AR-V7 testing. Systematic review registration: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/, identifier CRD42022297014.

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androgen receptor variant-7castration-resistant prostate cancercumulative analysisexpressionsystematic review

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