Erschienen in:
01.04.2014 | Research Article
Prognostic significance of dickkopf-1 overexpression in solid tumors: a meta-analysis
verfasst von:
Yanqiong Liu, Weizhong Tang, Li Xie, Jian Wang, Yan Deng, Qiliu Peng, Limin Zhai, Shan Li, Xue Qin
Erschienen in:
Tumor Biology
|
Ausgabe 4/2014
Einloggen, um Zugang zu erhalten
Abstract
The prognostic significance of dickkopf-1 (DKK1) overexpression in solid tumors remains inconclusive. We performed a meta-analysis to evaluate the impact of DKK1 overexpression in solid tumors on patients' overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS). The pooled hazard ratio (HR) with 95 % confidence interval (CI) was used to estimate the effects. Thirteen studies were included for meta-analysis; four that evaluated hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), two each that evaluated ovarian carcinoma, esophageal carcinoma, and lung cancer, and one each that evaluated other cancers, namely gastric cancer, breast cancer, urothelial carcinoma, and colorectal cancer. Twelve studies were evaluable for OS and six for DFS. Our analysis results indicated that DKK1 overexpression predicted poor OS (HR = 1.68, 95 % CI 1.36–2.08; P < 0.001) and DFS (HR = 1.65, 95 % CI 1.37–1.99; P < 0.001). Subgroup analyses showed that DKK1 overexpression was significantly related with poor OS in HCC patients (HR = 1.65; P < 0.001), ovarian carcinoma patients (HR = 2.63; P = 0.045), and other cancers patients (HR = 1.51; P = 0.021). Further, DKK1 overexpression was significantly related with poor DFS in HCC patients (HR = 1.53; P < 0.001) and other cancers patients (HR = 2.02; P < 0.001). This meta-analysis showed that DKK1 may be a novel prognostic marker in solid tumors in Asian patients; it could potentially help to further stratify patients for clinical treatment. More, well-designed studies from Western countries are needed to confirm this finding.