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SynthesisClinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico2017

Long noncoding RNAs as novel serum biomarkers for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

C Zheng, H Hao, L Chen, J Shao

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C ZhengDepartment of General Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330000, China.
H HaoDepartment of General Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330000, China.
L ChenDepartment of General Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330000, China.
J ShaoDepartment of General Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330000, China. shao5022@163.com.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeLong noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are outstanding as novel cancer biomarkers with great prospects. Herein, we focused on summarizing the overall diagnostic evaluation of lncRNAs for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

methodsRelevant literature was collected from the online databases. The Quality Assessment for Studies of Diagnostic Accuracy checklist was used to assess the quality of included studies. The pooled sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) were plotted using random-effects models. Summary receiver operating characteristic curve and the area under the curve (AUC) were used to estimate the overall test performance. Statistical analysis was performed by STATA 14.0 and Meta-DiSc 1.4 software.

resultsTen studies with a total of 820 HCC patients and 785 healthy controls were included. For overall lncRNAs, the pooled sensitivity, specificity, and DOR to predict HCC patients were 80% [95% confidence interval (CI) 77-82%], 79% (95% CI 76-81%), and 27.66 (95% CI 14.26-53.63), respectively, corresponding to an AUC of 0.91.

conclusionsLncRNAs were a high diagnostic value for HCC and its expression could potentially be used as auxiliary biomarker in confirming HCC.

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Biomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, HepatocellularHumansLiver NeoplasmsPrognosisRNA, Long NoncodingBiomarkers, TumorRNA, Long NoncodingBiomarkerDiagnosisHepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)lncRNA

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