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ABSTRACT: Background
Cyclin B plays a crucial role in cancer cell cycle progression and is overexpressed in many human cancers, including breast cancer. However, the prognostic value of cyclin B expression in breast cancer is controversial. We performed a meta-analysis to assess the clinicopathological and prognostic significance of cyclin B expression in breast cancer.Methods
We searched PubMed, web of science, and Embase databases to retrieve the publications investigating the association between cyclin B expression and clinicopathological/prognostic significance in breast cancer patients. The pooled hazard ratio (HR) or odds ratio (OR) with its 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were used to estimate the effects.Results
Ten studies with 2366 breast cancer patients were included to evaluate the association between cyclin B expression and overall survival (OS), disease-free survival (DFS), disease-specific survival (DSS), and clinicopathological parameters. The results showed that cyclin B overexpression in breast cancer patients was significantly associated with both poor OS (univariate analysis: HR?=?2.38, 95% CI?=?1.72-3.30, P?ConclusionCyclin B overexpression appears to be an independent potential prognostic marker to DSS and DFS for breast cancer. Further studies with large sample size are needed to dissect the relationship between cyclin B and clinicopathological features or prognosis of breast cancer.
SUBMITTER: Sun X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5428614 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sun Xi X Zhangyuan Guangyan G Shi Liang L Wang Ying Y Sun Beicheng B Ding Qiang Q
Medicine 20170501 19
<h4>Background</h4>Cyclin B plays a crucial role in cancer cell cycle progression and is overexpressed in many human cancers, including breast cancer. However, the prognostic value of cyclin B expression in breast cancer is controversial. We performed a meta-analysis to assess the clinicopathological and prognostic significance of cyclin B expression in breast cancer.<h4>Methods</h4>We searched PubMed, web of science, and Embase databases to retrieve the publications investigating the associatio ...[more]