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A meta-analysis on the role of pleiotrophin (PTN) as a prognostic factor in cancer

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  • Jiupeng Zhou
  • Yuanli Yang
  • Yongfeng Zhang
  • Heng Liu
  • Quanli Dou

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Background: Some researchers reported that pleiotrophin (PTN) is associated with the development and metastasis of various tumors and it is a poor prognostic factor for the tumor patients. However, the results of other researches are inconsistent with them. It is obliged to do a meta-analysis to reach a definite conclusion. Methods: The published studies relevant to PTN were searched in the databases including PubMed, Embase and Web of Science until March 20, 2018. A meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate the role of PTN in clinicopathological characteristics and overall survival (OS) of cancer patients. Results: Our meta-analysis indicated that the high expression of PTN was remarkably associated with advanced TNM stage (OR = 2.79, 95%CI: 1.92–4.06, P

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  • Jiupeng Zhou & Yuanli Yang & Yongfeng Zhang & Heng Liu & Quanli Dou, 2018. "A meta-analysis on the role of pleiotrophin (PTN) as a prognostic factor in cancer," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(11), pages 1-14, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0207473
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207473
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