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. 2017 Feb 1;8(10):16531–16552. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.14972

Table 4. Characteristics of studies included in this meta-analysis.

First author Year Origin Sample size (case) Quantitative method Language
Ren F 2015 China 339 IHC English
Lu S 2015 China 225 IHC English
Yao Y 2014 China 40 IHC English
Wang B 2014 China 104 RT-PCR Chinese
Sun S 2012 China 67 IHC English
Zhou Z 2011 China 328 IHC Chinese
Song L 2009 China 200 IHC English

Note: IHC: immunohistochemistry;

RT-PCR: reverse transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction.