Table 1 Summary of the exclusion reasons for all three eligibility evaluation steps
From: Meta-analysis of diagnostic cell-free circulating microRNAs for breast cancer detection
Reason for exclusion | Number |
|---|---|
Abstracts/Comments/Letters | 60 |
Metastatic focus | 17 |
Dubious article/Language/Not found | 45 |
Different method/Goal | 162 |
No performance data | 54 |
Too specific subtype of BC | 11 |
Unclear stage data | 33 |
 > 4,5% stage IV samples | 31 |
Review/Meta-analysis | 86 |
Prognostic | 68 |
Not related to BC | 3 |
Exosomal miRNAs | 23 |
Therapeutic | 47 |
Not biomarker focused | 26 |
Total excluded publications | 666 |