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Table 1 Characteristics of studies included in the meta-analysis

From: Prognostic significance of cyclin D3 expression in malignancy patients: a meta-analysis

Study

Region

Tumor type

Detection method and main results

Sample size (high/low)

Follow-up (month)

Endpoints

Cut-off value

Mean age (year)

NOS score

Method

Filipits et al. [39]

Austria

Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

IHC (cyclin D3, 30/100)

31/50

30

OS

High: more than 50% cyclin D3-positive lymphoma cells

NA

7

1

Chi et al. [40]

China

Breast cancer

IHC (cyclin D3, NA)

170/73

60

OS, DFS

High: moderate/strong nucleus staining

NA

6

1

Huang et al. [41]

China

Hepatocellular carcinoma

PCR (cyclin D3, NA)

88/92

105.6

OS

Median

NA

6

2

Lopez-Beltran [42]

Spain

Bladder cancer

IHC (cyclin D3, 1000)

9/150

74.7 ± 28.0

PFS

High: more than 25% cyclin D3-positive cancer cell

61

6

2

Pruneri et al. [43]

Italy

Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma

IHC (cyclin D3, 300)

88/135

52

OS, PFS

High: more than 10% cyclin D3-positive cancer cell

61.5

8

1

Keyomarsi et al. [44]

USA

Breast cancer

WB (cyclin D3, NA)

115/272

76.8

OS, DFS

High: higher than the level in normal-cell controls, indicated by a score of more than 2

76.8

8

2

Levidou et al. [45]

Greece

Ovarian adenocarcinomas

IHC (cyclin D3, 1000)

78/14

41.5

OS

Percentage of neoplastic cells with clear nuclear immunoreactivity out of the total number of neoplastic cells counted

57

7

2

Study

Region

Tumor type

Detection method (number of analyzed cells)

Sample size (high/low)

Follow-up (month)

Endpoints

Cut-off value

Mean age (year)

NOS score

Method

Moller et al. [46]

USA

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

IHC (cyclin D3, 1000)

43/155

60

OS, RFS

High: more than 5% cyclin D3-positive cancer cell

NA

7

2

Lopez-Beltran [47]

Spain

Bladder cancer

IHC (cyclin D3, 1000)

21/138

74.8 ± 28.1

OS

High: more than 13% cyclin D3-positive cancer cell

61

6

2

Florenes et al. [48]

Norway

Malignant melanoma

IHC (cyclin D3, NA)

22/85

100

OS, RFS

High: more than 5% cyclin D3-positive cancer cell

NA

5

1

Chen et al. [49]

China

Central nervous system lymphoma

IHC (cyclin D3, NA)

35/31

30

OS

High: more than 20% cyclin D3-positive cancer cell

52.8

7

1

Sterlacci et al. [50]

Austria

Non-small cell lung cancer

IHC (cyclin D3, NA)

167/224

168

OS

High: any staining of tumor cell membranes above background level

62

7

2

Hedberg et al. [51]

Sweden

Renal cell carcinoma

IHC (cyclin D3, 300)/WB

24/164

88.5

DSS

High: tumors with > 5% positive cells

65.12

6

2

  1. Method: 1 denoted as obtaining HRs directly from publications; 2 denoted as HRs calculated from the total number of events, corresponding p value and data from Kaplan–Meier curves
  2. IHC immunohistochemistry, PCR polymerase chain reaction, WB western blot, OS overall survival, DFS disease free survival, RFS recurrence-free survival, PFS progression-free survival, DSS disease specific survival, NOS Newcastle–Ottawa Scale, NA not available