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ONCOTARGET
Volume 8, Issue 42, Pages 73098-73104Publisher
IMPACT JOURNALS LLC
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.20392
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c-Met; pancreatic cancer; prognostic value; meta-analysis
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The overexpression of c-Met protein has been detected in pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAC). However, its prognostic impact remains unclear. We performed this meta-analysis to evaluate the prognostic value of c-Met overexpression in PAC. A systematic computerized search of the electronic databases such as PubMed, Embase, and Google Scholar was carried out. From 5 studies, 423 patients who underwent surgical resection for PAC were included in the meta-analysis. Compared with patients with PAC showing low c-Met expression, patients with c-Met-high tumor had significantly worse disease-free survival (hazard ratio = 1.94 [95% confidence interval, 1.46-2.56], P = 0.00001) and overall survival (hazard ratio = 1.86 [95% confidence interval, 1.19-2.91], P = 0.006). In conclusion, this meta-analysis demonstrates that c-Met overexpression is a significant prognostic marker for poor survival in patients who underwent surgical resection for PAC.
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