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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies for the meta-analyses

From: An update of clinical value of circulating tumor DNA in esophageal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

Year

Country

Method (panel)

endpoint

Patient

Treatment regimens

Number

Male/Female

Ococks E [29]

2021

UK

NextSeq550 Illumina (77 genes)

PFS/OS

97

83/14

nCT

Jia R [30]

2021

China

Illumina HiSeq3000 (180 genes)

PFS/OS

24

20/4

Radiation

Azad TD [31]

2020

US

CAPP-seq (607 genes)

PFS/OS

45

30/15

CRT Surgery

Davidson M [32]

2019

UK

Illumina HiSeq2500 (182 genes)

PFS/OS

30

26/4

chemotherapy

Openshaw MR [33]

2020

UK

ddPCR (6 genes)

PFS/OS

40

33/7

chemotherapy

Maron SB [12]

2019

US

Guardant360 test (73 genes)

OS

183

NG

Chemotherapy Surgery

Luo H [34]

2016

China

Illumina TruSight Cancer (94 genes)

PFS/OS

11

NG

Surgery

Liu T [35]

2021

China

Illumina HiSeq2500 (61 genes)

PFS/OS

55

49/6

chemotherapy

Hsieh CC [36]

2016

Japan

ddPCR (NG)

PFS/OS

81

NG

Chemotherapy Surgery CRT

van Velzen MJM [16]

2022

Netherland

Ion Torrent 2500/500 (NG)

PFS/OS

72

56/16

chemotherapy

Hofste LSM [37]

2022

Netherland

NextSeq500 Illumina (15 genes)

PFS/OS

78

60/18

nCRT

Wang X [38]

2022

China

Geneseeq (474 genes)

PFS/OS

40

34/6

Radiotherapy CRT

Zhang R [39]

2020

China

Illumina HiSeq X Ten (NG)

PFS/OS

22

14/8

nCT

Eyck BM [40]

2022

Netherland

Ion Torrent S5 GeneStudio Prime System (NG)

PFS/OS

31

NG

nCRT

Morimoto Y [41]

2023

Japan

NextSeq Illumina (77 genes)

PFS

13

10/3

nCT

Cabalag CS [42]

2022

Australia

MiSeq Illumina (48 genes)

PFS/OS

62

NG

nCRT

Yang D [43]

2022

China

NGS (1021 genes)

PFS

10

9/1

nCIT

Wallander K [44]

2023

Sweden

ddPCR (30 genes)

PFS/OS

10

6/4

CRT

Fujisawa R [46]

2021

Japan

ddPCR (30 genes)

PFS/OS

42

NG

nCT

Mehta R [48]

2023

US

Signatera MRD (NG)

OS

53

NG

NG

Lander EM [47]

2023

US

Signatera MRD (NG)

OS

34

NG

nCRT

van den Ende T [45]

2023

Netherland

NGS (23 genes)

PFS/OS

111

NG

nCRT

  1. NG: Not Given; nCT: Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy; nCRT: Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy; nCIT: Neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy; CRT: Chemoradiotherapy; NGS: next-generation sequencing; ddPCR: digital polymerase chain reaction