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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies

From: Prognostic value of DNA aneuploidy in gastric cancer: a meta-analysis of 3449 cases

Publications

No. of patients

Age (year)

Method

Specimen

Stage

Follow-up

(month)

Treatment

neclei

Multiple sample form one case

NOS

Ballantyne 1987 [10]

77

67 (43–88)a

FCM

PES

NA

36

Surgery

> 20,000

NA

7

Sasaki 1989 [11]

70

58.1 (33–80)b

FCM

FTS

NA

48

Surgery

10,000

NA

7

Wyatt 1989 [12]

76

66 (40–88)a

FCM

PES

NA

60

Surgery

NA

NA

8

Baretton 1991 [13]

125

66.8 ± 11.3b

FCM

PES

NA

108

Surgery

NA

NA

8

Filipe 1991 [14]

116

64 (31–87)a

FCM

PES

NA

108

Surgery

> 10,000

NA

8

Kimura 1991 [15]

270

NA

FCM

PES

I-IV

60

Surgery

> 10,000

NA

8

Kakeji 1993 [16]

93

NA

NA

NA

I-IV

60

Surgery

100

No

8

Suh 1993 [17]

103

55.9 (29–70)b

FCM

PES

I-IV

24

Surgery

> 10,000

NA

7

Flyger 1995 [18]

97

67 (23–85)a

FCM

PES

NA

60

Surgery

10,000

NA

8

Tsuchiya 1995 [19]

127

NA

FCM

PES

NA

96

Surgery+CT chemotherapy

NA

No

8

Victorzon 1996 [21]

242

NA

NA

NA

I-IV

120

Surgery

NA

NA

8

Sakusabe 1996 [20]

216

56.7 (24–86)b

FCM

PES

III

60

Surgery

10,000

No

8

Imada 1997 [22]

88

62.4b

FCM

FTS

NA

36

Surgery+CT chemotherapy

> 10,000

Yes

7

Omejc 1997 [23]

76

NA

FCM

PES

I-IIIB

47 (14–67)a

Surgery

NA

Yes

8

Abad 1998 [24]

76

70b

FCM

PES

I-IV

43a

NA

10,000

Yes

7

Hirose 1998 [25]

142

59b

Cytofluorometry

PES

I-IV

132

Surgery

NA

NA

8

Danesi 2000 [26]

137

66.3b

FCM

PES

I-III

80.8 (42.9–111.5)a

Surgery

20,000

NA

8

Ikeguchi 2000 [27]

97

58 ± 13b

FCM

PES

II

60

Surgery

10,000

NA

8

Russo 2001 [28]

69

NA

FCM

PES

I-IV

95b

Surgery

NA

Yes

8

Wu 2005 [29]

60

59.6a

FCM

NA

NA

60

Surgery

NA

No

8

Nesi 2007 [30]

115

65.6 ± 11.3b

FCM

PES

I-IV

84

Surgery

> 20,000

Yes

8

Wiksten 2008 [31]

337

NA

FCM

PES

NA

150 (52.8–249.6)a

Surgery

> 10,000

No

8

Belien 2009 [32]

221

71 (34–96)a

FCM

PES

I-IV

21a

Surgery

NA

No

7

Syrios 2012 [33]

212

61a

ICM

PES

IV

65

Surgery+CT

200–300

NA

8

Nishimura 2017 [34]

207

A: 64.8 ± 10.9b

D: 62.1 ± 13.5b

LSC

PES

I-IV

60

RA

NA

NA

8

  1. A aneuploidy, D diploidy, PES paraffin embedded specimen, FTS fresh tissue specimen, FCM flow cytometry, ICM image cytometry, SCM static cytometry, LSC laser scanning cytometry, NA not available; a: median; b: mean; CT: chemotherapy