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Wei-Jie Tian1, Miao-Ling Huang2, Qing-Feng Qin1, Qing Chen2, Kun Fang1, Ping-Ling Wang1.
Abstract
Clinical trials have provided conflicting results regarding whether epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) overexpression predicts poor survival in cervical cancer patients. In this study, we perform a meta-analysis of the association between EGFR expression and survival in cervical cancer patients. We searched clinical studies in the Medline, PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science databases. A total of 22 studies with 2,505 patients were included, and pooled hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated for each study. Heterogeneity was assessed using Higgins I2 to select a Mantel-Haenszel fixed effects model (I2 ≤50%) or a DerSimonian-Laird random effects model (I2 ≥50%). High EGFR levels predicted poor overall survival (OS) (HR: 1.40, 95% CI: 1.10-1.78) and disease-free survival (DFS) (HR: 1.84, 95% CI: 1.51-2.24). Stratified analyses showed that EGFR overexpression was significantly related to poor DFS in patients treated with chemoradiation or surgery. Moreover, the pooled odds ratios (ORs) revealed associations between EGFR expression and clinicopathological features, such as lymph node metastasis (OR: 1.72, 95% CI: 1.23-2.40) and tumor size ≥4 cm (OR: 1.64, 95% CI: 1.20-2.23). This meta-analysis demonstrates that EGFR overexpression is closely associated with reduced survival in patients with cervical cancer. These results may facilitate the individualized management of clinical decisions for anti-EGFR therapies in cervical cancer patients.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27438047 PMCID: PMC4954718 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158787
Source DB: PubMed Journal: PLoS One ISSN: 1932-6203 Impact factor: 3.240
Fig 1Study Selection Flowchart.
Main Results of the Pooled Analysis.
| Analysis | N | References | Random-effects model | Fixed-effects model | Meta-regression P-value | Heterogeneity | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pooled HR | 95% CI of HR | Pooled HR | 95% CI of HR | ||||||||
| 19 | 21, 26–28, 30–39, 41, 42, 44, 45 | 1.40 | 1.10–1.78 | 1.24 | 1.08–1.44 | 51.30% | 0.005 | ||||
| 17 | 21, 26–27, 30–38, 41, 42, 44, 45 | 1.51 | 1.26–1.81 | 1.48 | 1.25–1.75 | 6.50% | 0.378 | ||||
| 0.580 | |||||||||||
| Chemoradiation | 9 | 21, 26–28, 32, 37, 38, 41 | 1.19 | 0.94–1.51 | 1.14 | 0.96–1.34 | 33.60% | 0.149 | |||
| Surgery | 6 | 30, 31, 34, 35, 39, 45 | 1.53 | 0.67–3.48 | 1.51 | 0.96–2.37 | 68.10% | 0.008 | |||
| 0.632 | |||||||||||
| Score ≥6 | 6 | 26, 31, 37, 32, 33, 36 | 1.42 | 1.14–1.76 | 1.42 | 1.41–1.76 | 0.00% | 0.53 | |||
| Score ≤5 | 13 | 21, 27, 28, 30, 34, 35, 38, 39, 41, 42, 44, 45 | 1.37 | 0.95–1.97 | 1.12 | 0.93–1.36 | 60.50% | 0.002 | |||
| SCC | 8 | 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 39, 41 | 1.17 | 0.73–1.87 | 0.99 | 0.80–1.23 | 68.50% | 0.004 | |||
| Other type | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 0.590 | |||||||||||
| ≥100 | 7 | 26, 27, 31, 35, 37, 44 | 1.41 | 1.34–1.74 | 1.40 | 1.34–1.73 | 1.30% | 0.48 | |||
| <100 | 12 | 21, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 36, 38, 39, 41, 42, 45 | 1.35 | 0.94–1.96 | 1.12 | 0.92–1.36 | 59.40% | 0.003 | |||
| 0.047 | |||||||||||
| ≥2007 | 10 | 26, 28, 30, 31, 32, 37, 38, 39, 44, 45 | 1.12 | 0.84–1.50 | 1.09 | 0.92–1.30 | 47.50% | 0.046 | |||
| <2007 | 9 | 21, 27, 33–36, 41, 42 | 1.86 | 1.31–2.63 | 1.69 | 1.30–2.20 | 35.10% | 0.137 | |||
| 0.295 | |||||||||||
| prospective | 5 | 26, 34, 36, 37, 42 | 1.66 | 1.52–2.38 | 1.49 | 1.18–1.88 | 38.20% | 0.166 | |||
| retrospective | 14 | 21, 27, 28, 30–33, 35, 38, 39, 41, 44, 45 | 1.29 | 0.95–1.75 | 1.11 | 0.92–1.33 | 51.20% | 0.014 | |||
| 0.132 | |||||||||||
| Europe | 8 | 26, 28, 31, 35–37, 45, 39 | 1.23 | 0.84–1.73 | 1.13 | 0.95–1.35 | 66.30% | 0.004 | |||
| Asia | 7 | 27, 30, 32, 34, 41, 42 | 1.76 | 1.09–2.82 | 1.54 | 1.13–2.10 | 46.80% | 0.08 | |||
| America | 4 | 21, 32, 33, 44 | 1.44 | 0.95–2.19 | 1.44 | 0.95–2.19 | 0.00% | 0.696 | |||
| 11 | 21, 25, 26, 29, 32, 35, 37, 40, 42, 43, 45 | 1.91 | 1.50–2.44 | 1.84 | 1.51–2.24 | 23.90% | 0.216 | ||||
| Chemoradiation | 6 | 21, 26, 29, 32, 37, 40 | 1.70 | 1.30–2.23 | 1.69 | 1.32–2.15 | 10.80% | 0.346 | |||
| Surgery | 4 | 25, 35, 43, 45 | 2.15 | 1.27–2.63 | 2.02 | 1.37–2.96 | 40.20% | 0.17 | |||
| Score ≥6 | 6 | 25. 26, 29, 32, 37, 40 | 1.67 | 1.29–2.15 | 1.65 | 1.31–2.07 | 13.70% | 0.327 | |||
| Score ≤5 | 5 | 21, 35, 42, 43, 45 | 2.55 | 1.72–3.77 | 2.55 | 1.72–3.77 | 0.00% | 0.435 | |||
| SCC | 4 | 29, 32, 40, 43 | 2.22 | 1.30–3.49 | 2.06 | 1.43–3.01 | 37.60% | 0.186 | |||
| Other type | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| ≥100 | 6 | 25, 26, 29, 35, 37, 43 | 1.90 | 1.43–2.52 | 1.82 | 1.45–2.28 | 25.30% | 0.244 | |||
| <100 | 5 | 21, 32, 40, 42, 45 | 1.93 | 1.16–3.20 | 1.91 | 1.29–2.84 | 37.50% | 0.171 | |||
| ≥2007 | 6 | 25, 26, 29, 32, 37, 45 | 1.59 | 1.26–2.00 | 1.59 | 1.26–2.00 | 0.00% | 0.594 | |||
| <2007 | 5 | 21, 35, 40, 42, 43 | 2.70 | 1.85–3.94 | 2.70 | 1.85–3.94 | 0.00% | 0.411 | |||
| prospective | 5 | 25, 26, 29, 37, 42 | 1.78 | 1.35–2.35 | 1.74 | 1.37–2.21 | 18.30% | 0.298 | |||
| retrospective | 6 | 21, 32, 35, 40, 43, 45 | 2.10 | 1.34–3.28 | 2.09 | 1.46–2.98 | 33.70% | 0.183 | |||
| Europe | 7 | 25, 26, 29, 35, 37, 43, 45 | 1.87 | 1.46–2.41 | 1.83 | 1.46–2.29 | 11.80% | 0.34 | |||
| Asia | 3 | 32, 40, 42 | 2.20 | 1.07–4.48 | 2.12 | 1.34–3.34 | 58.50% | 0.09 | |||
| America | 1 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Pooled OR | 95% CI of OR | Pooled OR | 95% CI of OR | ||||||||
| Age (old vs. young) | 4 | 26, 32, 36, 45 | 1.00 | 0.99–1.02 | 1.00 | 0.99–1.02 | 0.00% | 0.47 | |||
| Lymph node metastasis (Yes vs. No) | 7 | 26, 29, 32, 35, 36, 43, 45 | 1.72 | 1.23–2.40 | 1.72 | 1.23–2.40 | 0.00% | 0.862 | |||
| Tumor grade (grade 3 vs. grade 1 and grade 2) | 7 | 26, 35, 36, 40, 43, 45, 46 | 0.74 | 0.51–1.05 | 0.74 | 0.55–1 | 16.10% | 0.307 | |||
| Tumor size (size ≥4 cm vs. size <4 cm) | 7 | 26, 32, 35, 36, 40, 43, 45 | 1.64 | 1.20–2.23 | 1.64 | 1.20–2.23 | 0.00% | 0.935 | |||
| FIGO stage (stage III/IV vs. stage IB/II) | 6 | 26, 29, 35, 36, 45, 46 | 1.37 | 0.74–2.53 | 1.34 | 0.98–1.84 | 67.10% | 0.01 | |||
Fig 2Meta-analysis of the Predictive and Prognostic Value of EGFR Expression for Determining Overall Survival (OS).
Each study is shown as the point estimate of its hazard ratio (HR) (the size of the square is proportional to the weight of each study) and the 95% confidence interval (CI) for the HR (horizontal bars). a, OS of all studies; b, OS of all studies except Vosmik et al. [28] and Fuchs et al. [39].
Fig 3Meta-analysis of the Predictive and Prognostic Value of EGFR Expression for Predicting Disease-free Survival (DFS).