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Table. 1 Main characteristics of studies included in the meta-analysis

From: Role of TSP-1 as prognostic marker in various cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis

First author,

Publication year

Case

nationality

Male

(%)

Domi

nant ethnicity

Main pathological

type

Disease

type

Detec

ted sample

Outco

me measures

Sourc

e of HR

Maxi

mum months of follow-up

Assay

method

Nakamura et al., 2019

Japan

0.79

Asian

Urothelial carcinoma

Bladder cancer

Tissue

PFS

Reported

95

IHC

Tzeng et al., 2016

China

N/A

Asian

Squamous cell carcinoma

Esophagus cancer

Tissue

PFS

SC

228

IHC

Rouanne et al., 2016

France

0.67

Caucasian

Adenocarcinoma

Lung cancer

Serum

OS/DFS

Reported

34

ELISA

Teraoku et al., 2016

Japan

0.35

Asian

Adenocarcinoma

Colon cancer

Tissue

OS/DFS

SC

168

IHC

Campone et al., 2015

France

N/A

Caucasian

Adenocarcinoma

Breast cancer

Tissue

OS

SC

279

IHC

Eto et al., 2015

Japan

0.8

Asian

Adenocarcinoma

Gastric cancer

Tissue

OS

SC

60

IHC

Yao et al., 2014

China

0.68

Asian

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Lung cancer

Tissue

OS/DFS

Reported

60

ELISA

Sharma et al., 2013

India

92.5

Asian

Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Liver cancer

Tissue

OS

Reported

33

PCR

Pectasides et al., 2012

Greece

0

Caucasian

Adenocarcinoma

Breast cancer

Tissue

OS/PFS

Reported

45

PCR

Nakao et al., 2011

Japan

0.8

Asian

Adenocarcinoma

Gastric cancer

Tissue

OS

SC

50

IHC

Zhou et al., 2009

China

0.73

Asian

Squamous cell carcinoma

esophagus cancer

Tissue

OS

Reported

50

IHC

Randall et al., 2009

USA

N/A

Caucasian

Squamous cell carcinoma

Cervical cancer

Tissue

OS/PFS

Reported

184.8

IHC

Yang et al., 2009

China

0.51

Asian

mucoepidermoid carcinoma

Oral cancer

Tissue

DFS

SC

60

IHC

Secord et al., 2007

USA

0

Caucasian

Epithelial cancer

Ovarian cancer

Tissue

OS/PFS

Reported

110

Immunoblot analysis

Wada et al., 2006

Japan

0.75

Asian

Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Liver cancer

Tissue

DFS

SC

60

IHC

Sutton et al., 2005

UK

0.67

Caucasian

Adenocarcinoma

Colon cancer

Tissue

OS

Reported

60

Dextran polymer conjugate wwo-step visualization system

Fontana et al., 2005

France

N/A

Caucasian

Adenocarcinoma

Breast cancer

Tissue

PFS

SC

160

IHC

Poon et al., 2004

China

0.82

Asian

Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Liver cancer

Tissue

OS

SC

38

IHC

Aishima et al., 2002

Japan

N/A

Asian

Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma

Liver cancer

Tissue

OS

SC

120

IHC

Maeda et al., 2001

Japan

0.63

Asian

Adenocarcinoma

Colon cancer

Tissue

DFS

Reported

60

IHC

Straume et al., 2001

Norway

N/A

Caucasian

Melanomas

Skin cancer

Tissue

OS

SC

210

IHC

Kodama et al., 2001

Japan

N/A

Asian

Squamous cell carcinoma

Cervical cancer

Tissue

DFS

Reported

59

PCR

You et al., 2000

China

0.57

Asian

Squamous cell carcinoma

Lung cancer

Tissue

OS

SC

120

IHC

Yao et al., 2000

Japan

N/A

Asian

Squamous cell carcinoma

Oral cancer

Tissue

OS

SC

60

IHC

  1. OS, overall survival; DFS, disease-free survival; PFS, progression-free survival; SC: survival curve; IHC, Immunohistochemistry; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; ELISA, enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; N/A, not available