A meta-analysis on the role of pleiotrophin (PTN) as a prognostic factor in cancer.

BACKGROUND:Some researchers reported that pleiotrophin (PTN) is associated with the development and metastasis of various tumors and it is a poor prognostic factor for the tumor patients. However, the results of other researches are inconsistent with them. It is obliged to do a meta-analysis to reac...

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Main Authors: Jiupeng Zhou, Yuanli Yang, Yongfeng Zhang, Heng Liu, Quanli Dou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6235361?pdf=render