Table 2.

5-year OS rate, 5-year EFS rate, and LR rate of MPNST

Indicators	N	N of pts.	Rate range	ES	95% CI	Heterogeneity (I2)	Model	p	Sensitivity analysis	Affected study	Publication bias (Egger’s test)
5-year OS rate [6, 11–18, 27, 28, 30–32, 34–38, 40, 42, 44]	22	6742	16–63%	49%	45–53%	85.3%	Random	0.000	No effect	None	0.279
5-year EFS rate [6, 11–17]	8	1243	24–53%	37%	32–43%	73.2%	Random	0.000	No effect	None	0.516
LR rate [11, 13, 14, 17, 27–29, 34–36, 38–46]	19	1738	13%-86%	38%	30%-47%	92.9%	Random	0.000	No effect	None	0.748