| No. of studies | No. of patients | Pooled HR (95% CI) | Heterogeneity | |||||
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 |  |  |  |  |  | Fixed | Random | I2(%) | P-value |
Overall survival | 10 | 1151 | 1.56 (1.35–1.81) | 1.60 (1.19–2.15) | 60 | 0.008 | |||
Cancer type | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |||
Digestive system | 4 | 551 | 1.87 (1.40–2.50) | 1.94 (1.38–2.73) | 17 | 0.31 | |||
GC | 1 | 184 | 1.51 (1.03–2.23) | 1.51 (1.03–2.23) | – | – | |||
ESCC | 1 | 142 | 2.24 (1.05–4.76) | 2.24 (1.05–4.76) | – | – | |||
HCC | 1 | 109 | 4.24 (1.32–13.61) | 4.24 (1.32–13.61) | – | – | |||
CRC | 1 | 116 | 2.24 (1.22–4.11) | 2.24 (1.22–4.11) | – | – | |||
Non-digestive system | 6 | 600 | 1.47 (1.24–1.74) | 1.35 (0.86–2.13) | 70 | 0.005 | |||
Respiratory system | 1 | 113 | 0.5 (0.26–0.54) | 0.5 (0.26–0.54) | – | – | |||
NSCLC | 1 | 113 | 0.5 (0.26–0.54) | 0.5 (0.26–0.54) | – | – | |||
Other system | 5 | 487 | 1.59 (1.34–1.90) | 1.61 (1.25–2.06) | 15 | 0.32 | |||
BC | 2 | 281 | 1.55 (1.29–1.87) | 1.55 (1.29–1.87) | 0 | 0.62 | |||
Osteosarcoma | 1 | 84 | 2.93 (1.12–7.67) | 2.93 (1.12–7.67) | – | – | |||
retinoblastoma | 1 | 60 | 2.90 (1.05–8.03) | 2.90 (1.05–8.03) | – | – | |||
ccRCC | 1 | 62 | 0.77 (0.24–2.47) | 0.77 (0.24–2.47) | – | – | |||
Analysis method | |||||||||
 Univariate analysis | 3 | 238 | 0.95 (0.66–1.37) | 0.84 (0.41–1.75) | 68 | 0.04 | |||
 Multivariate analysis | 7 | 911 | 1.71 (1.47–2.02) | 1.79 (1.47–2.18) | 11 | 0.34 | |||
HR estimation method | |||||||||
 Indirectly | 4 | 349 | 1.07 (0.76–1.52) | 1.15 (0.52–2.56) | 76 | 0.006 | |||
 Directly | 6 | 802 | 1.69 (1.44–1.99) | 1.69 (1.44–1.99) | 0 | 0.49 | |||
number of patients | |||||||||
 more than 100 | 6 | 880 | 1.56 (1.33–1.82) | 1.57 (1.07–2.31) | 70 | 0.005 | |||
 less than 100 | 4 | 271 | 1.62 (1.11–2.35) | 1.71 (1.01–2.90) | 36 | 0.2 | |||
BANCR expression level | |||||||||
 high expression | 8 | 976 | 1.68 (1.45–1.96) | 1.71 (1.44–2.03) | 6 | 0.38 | |||
 low expression | 2 | 175 | 0.55 (0.31–0.96) | 0.55 (0.31–0.96) | 0 | 0.52 | |||
Quality scores | |||||||||
 Score = 9 | 8 | 973 | 1.54 (1.32–1.80) | 1.61 (1.15–2.24) | 64 | 0.007 | |||
 Score < 9 | 2 | 178 | 1.78 (1.04–3.06) | 1.48 (0.53–4.11) | 61 | 0.008 | |||
DFS | 3 | 320 | 1.29 (0.91–1.82) | 1.21 (0.33–4.41) | 93 | 0.00001 | |||
RFS | 1 | 216 | 1.53 (1.27–1.85) | 1.53 (1.27–1.85) | – | – |