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SUBMITTER: Dong Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4307447 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dong Zhongyi Z Liu Gengchun G Huang Baqun B Sun Jingyuan J Wu Dehua D
International journal of clinical and experimental medicine 20141215 12
Sex determining region Y-box 2 (SOX2) has been identified as a putative cancer stem cells (CSCs) marker in Head and Neck Cancers (HNC). However, the clinicopathological and prognostic significance of SOX2 in HNC patients remains controversial. We reviewed the literature by performing a meta-analysis based on the data from 7 studies (9 cohorts) to evaluate the association between SOX2 and clinicopathological/prognostic parameters in patients with HNC. Pooled hazard ratio (HR) or odds ratio (OR) w ...[more]