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Meta-Analysis:

Prognostic value of programmed death-ligand 1 in sarcoma: a meta-analysis

Zhenhua Zhu, Zheng Jin, Mei Zhang, Yajun Tang, Guang Yang, Xiaowei Yuan, Jihang Yao and Dahui Sun _

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Oncotarget. 2017; 8:59570-59580. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.19168

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Abstract

Zhenhua Zhu1, Zheng Jin2, Mei Zhang3, Yajun Tang3, Guang Yang1, Xiaowei Yuan1, Jihang Yao1 and Dahui Sun1

1Department of Orthopaedic Trauma, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China

2Department of Immunology, College of Basic Medical sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, China

3College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, China

Correspondence to:

Dahui Sun, email: [email protected]

Keywords: programmed death-ligand 1, sarcoma, prognosis, survival, meta-analysis

Received: May 23, 2017     Accepted: June 30, 2017     Published: July 11, 2017

ABSTRACT

Background: The prognostic role of programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) in sarcoma remains controversial. We performed a meta-analysis so as to investigate the impact of PD-L1 on clinicopathlogical findings and survival outcomes in sarcoma.

Materials and Methods: A comprehensive search in PubMed, Embase and the Cochrane Library was conducted for relevant studies. The odds ratios or hazard ratios, at 95% confidence intervals were used as measures for investigation of the correlation between PD-L1 expression and clinicopathlogical features or survival outcomes.

Results: Fourteen eligible studies comprising 868 patients were selected for analysis. Pooled hazard ratios indicated that the association of PD-L1 expression with overall survival in bone sarcoma (osteosarcoma and chondrosarcoma) patients was statistically significant (1.987, 95% CI: 1.224–3.224, p = 0.005), as was its association with event-free survival in bone and soft-tissue sarcoma patients (3.868, 95% CI: 2.298–6.511, p = 0.000). Additionally, the expression of PD-L1 was positively correlated with the infiltration of programmed death 1 (PD-1) positive T-lymphocytes (OR: 4.012, 95% CI: 2.391–6.733, p = 0.000).

Conclusions: Our meta-analysis indicated that high PD-L1 expression is likely to be a negative factor for patients with sarcomas and that it predicts worse survival outcomes.


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