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Table 1 Quality assessment of trials included in the present study (STROBE)

From: Clinical significance of palliative gastrectomy on the survival of patients with incurable advanced gastric cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author

Treatment

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

Kikuchi S [26]

Palliative gastrectomy/other procedures

P

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Saidi RF [27]

Palliative gastrectomy/no surgery

Y

Y

P

P

Y

N

Y

N

P

Nazli O [28]

Palliative gastrectomy/no surgery

P

Y

N

N

Y

N

Y

N

N

Lin SZ [29]

Palliative gastrectomy/unresectable operation/no surgery

Y

Y

N

P

Y

N

Y

N

N

Lupascu C [30]

Palliative gastrectomy/no surgery

Y

P

N

N

Y

N

Y

Y

P

Zhang JZ [31]

Palliative gastrectomy/no surgery

Y

P

N

Y

Y

N

Y

N

Y

Sougioultzis S [32]

Palliative gastrectomy/no surgery

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

N

Y

N

P

Kim KH [33]

Palliative gastrectomy/no surgery

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Chang YR [34]

Palliative gastrectomy/no surgery

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Kokkola A [35]

Palliative gastrectomy/exploration

Y

P

N

P

Y

P

Y

N

Y

Chen S [36]

Palliative gastrectomy/no surgery

P

Y

N

N

Y

N

Y

N

P

Tokunaga M [37]

Palliative gastrectomy/no surgery

Y

Y

P

Y

Y

N

Y

N

Y

Miki Y [38]

Palliative gastrectomy/no surgery

P

Y

N

Y

Y

N

Y

N

Y

Dittmar Y [39]

Palliative gastrectomy/unresectable operation/other procedures/no surgery

Y

Y

P

Y

Y

N

Y

N

N

  1. A, Objectives and prespecified hypothesis in the introduction; B, Eligibility criteria of cohort in methods; C, Methods for recruitment of participant; D, Mention of outcomes, exposure, and confounder; E, Study size calculated; F, Potential biases addressed; G, Statistical methods described; H, Mention of how missing data was handled; I, Limitation of the study and the generalizations mentioned; Y, Yes; N, No; P, Partially.