Table 1 Characteristics and quality assessment results for each included publications
Study | Country | Ethnicity | Tumors | Patients(female/male) | Age(range) | Result | Follow-up (month) | Uni\Multi | Cutoff value | NOS Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sun et al, 2016 [24] | China | Asian | NC | 251 (71\180) | 46 (15-76) | OS PFS | 50 (5-84) | Multi | 2.6 | 8 |
Wong et al, 2015 [25] | UK | Caucasian | LSCC | 140 (19\121) | 66 (36-92) | OS DFS | 41 (2-103) | Multi | 3.1 | 8 |
Fu et al, 2016 [26] | China | Asian | LSCC | 420 (7\413) | 60 (33-84) | OS CSS | ungiven | Multi | 2.59 | 7 |
An et al, 2011 [27] | China | Asian | NC | 363 (89\274) | 47 (12-76) | DSS MFS | 62 (2-92) | Multi | 3.73 | 7 |
Li et al, 2015 [28] | China | Asian | NC | 363 (89\274) | 47 (12-76) | DSS | 14.7 (3.22-92.9) | Multi | 2.81 | 8 |
He et al, 2012 [29] | China | Asian | NC | 1410 (383\1027) | 46.1 (13-79) | OS PFS | 41 (2-60) | Multi | 2.74 | 7 |
Fang et al, 2013 [30] | China | Asian | OCSCC | 226 (19\207) | 52.47 (27.0-84.0) | OS DFS | ungiven | Uni | 2.44 | 6 |
Nakahira et al, 2016 [31] | Japan | Asian | NS | 100 (14\86) | 65.2 (37-85) | CSS | 37.85 (4-92) | Multi | 3 | 8 |
Perisanidis et al, 2013 [32] | Austria | Caucasian | OCSCC | 97 (30\67) | ungiven | DSS | > 5 years or until death | Multi | 1.9 | 7 |
Charles et al, 2016 [33] | Australia | Caucasian | HNSCC | 145 (30\115) | 63 (23-86) | OS RFS | 29 (1.5-84) | Multi | 5 | 8 |
Tu et al, 2015 [34] | China | Asian | LSCC | 141 (4\137) | 59 (36-87) | OS DFS | 51 (5-102) | Multi | 2.17 | 7 |
Moon et al, 2016 [35] | Korea | Asian | HNSCC | 153 (24\129) | 57 (16-78) | OS PFS CSS | 39.5 (4.7-62.6) | Multi | 3.3 | 8 |
Rachidi et al, 2016 [36] | America | Caucasian | HNSCC | 543 (123\420) | 58.8 | OS | 64.4 (2-156) | Multi | 4.39 | 8 |
Song et al, 2015 [37] | China | Asian | HSCC | 146 (10\136) | 57.5 (34-89) | OS | 33.2 (2-128) | Uni | 2.3 | 7 |
Salim et al, 2015 [38] | Turkey | Caucasian | HNSCC | 79 (8\71) | 59 (28-85) | OS | ungiven | Uni | 2.93 | 6 |
Haddad et al, 2015 [39] | Australia | Caucasian | HNC | 46 (8\38) | 59 (43-81) | OS MFS RFS | 34 (13-47) | Uni | 5 | 5 |
Rassouli et al, 2015 [40] | Canada | Caucasian | HNSCC | 273 (75\198) | 64 + _12 | DFS | 45 (42-48) | Uni | 4.27 | 6 |
Selzer et al, 2015 [41] | Austria | Caucasian | HNC | 318 (121\247) | ungiven | OS | ungiven | Uni | 1.58 | 7 |
Kim et al, 2016 [42] | Korea | Asian | HNC | 104 (9\95) | 58 (20-82) | OS PFS | 39 (4.8-82.5) | Multi | 3 | 8 |