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. 2020 Sep 29;146(12):3123–3135. doi: 10.1007/s00432-020-03398-1

Table 1.

Characteristics of studies included in the meta-analysis

Study Year Country Cancer type Sample size Cut off Age Follow-up month median (range) Method Treatment NOS score HR HR method
Greaves, Paul 2013 UK HL 113 125/HPF NR 16.5 (2–40) Tissue microarrays No 8 Estimated OS
Kelley, T. W 2007 USA HL 98 25/HPF 29 (4–84) 103.2 (11–238.8) Tissue microarrays No 6 Estimated OS, PFS
Chetaille, B 2009 France HL 132 IHC score = 1 NR NR Whole-tissue sections No 8 Reported OS, PFS
Muenst, S 2009 Switzerland HL 244 27 cell/mm2 NR NR Whole-tissue sections No 6 Reported OS
Wang, Chaoyu 2018 China HL 95 25% 31.5 (7–82) NR Whole-tissue sections No 5 Reported OS, PFS
Tzankov, A.1 2008 Switzerland HL 280 27 cell/mm2 42 244 Tissue microarrays No 8 Estimated OS
Nakayama, S 2017 Japan DLBCL 82 4000 cell/cm2 68.3 NR Whole-tissue sections No 6 Reported OS
Carreras, Joaquim 2019 Western DLBCL 106 NR 57 (26–88) 97.56 (0.24–276.24) Whole-tissue sections No 5 Estimated OS
El-Dien, Marwa M 2017 Egypt DLBCL 44 NR 54 (12–82) 9.5 (1–105) Whole-tissue sections No 6 Estimated OS
Nam, S. J 2014 Korea DLBCL 109 NR NR 43 (16–178) Whole-tissue sections No 6 Estimated OS, PFS
Chao, C 2016 USA DLBCL 80 NR NR NR Tissue microarrays No 7 Estimated OS
Gomez-Gelvez, J. C 2016 USA DLBCL 74 17% 59.1 (20–91) 49.2 (7.2–144) Tissue microarrays Yes 6 Reported OS, PFS
Lee, Na-Ri 2008 Korea DLBCL 96 2.3% 58 (20–83) 16 (1–132) Tissue microarrays No 6 Reported OS
Saifi, M 2010 France FL 100 86 cell/mm2 58 (48–69) 24 (12–108) Whole-tissue sections No 6 Estimated OS
Tzankov, A.2 2008 Switzerland FL 86 4.5 cell/mm2 57 126 Tissue microarrays No 8 Estimated OS
Carreras, J 2019 Spain FL 97 5% 55 (26–93) 5.6 (1.1–13.0) Whole-tissue sections No 8 Estimated OS
Blaker, Y. N 2016 Norway FL 52 Median 54 (34–77) 118 (68–300) Tissue microarrays Yes 7 Reported OS, PFS
Richendollar, B. G 2011 USA FL 88 3% 58 (24–89) (6–19.7) Tissue microarrays No 6 Reported OS
Kim, W. Y 2009 Korea NKTCL 64 50 cell/0.4mm2 50 (10–79) NR Whole-tissue sections No 8 All OS, PFS
Lam, Sio Teng 2020 China NKTCL 81 52.5/HPF 45 (16–79) 28.9 (1.127–11.493) Whole-tissue sections Yes 6 Reported OS, PFS
Peng, R. J 2011 China NKTCL 27 22.89/HPF 41 (13–68) NR Whole-tissue sections No 7 Reported OS, PFS
Lundberg, J 2019 Sweden TCL 35 200 cell/mm2 57 (18–73) 141.6 (68.4—172.8) Whole-tissue sections No 6 Estimated OS
Gjerdrum,L.M 2007 Denmark TCL 86 Median 66 (33–88) 120 (2–360) Whole-tissue sections No 8 Reported OS

HL Hodgkin lymphoma, DLBCL diffuse large B cell lymphoma, FL follicular lymphoma, NKTCL natural killer/T cell lymphoma, TCL T cell lymphoma