Increased circulating microRNA-155 as a potential biomarker for breast cancer screening: a meta-analysis.
The objective of this meta-analysis was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of circulating microRNA-155 (miR-155) for breast cancer (BC). PubMed, Embase, EBSCO (ASP/BSP), Cochrane Library and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) were searched up to 30 January 2014 for eligible studies. Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies (QUADAS) was employed to assess the quality of the included studies. Meta-analysis were performed in Meta-Disc 1.4 and Stata 12.0. Three studies with total 184 BC patients and 75 control individuals were included in this meta-analysis. All of the included studies are of high quality (QUADAS scores 12 or 13). The summary estimates revealed that the pooled sensitivity is 79% (95% confidence interval (CI): 72%-84%) and the specificity is 85% (95% CI: 75%-92%), for the diagnosis of breast cancer. In addition, the area under the summary ROC curve (AUC) is 0.9217. The current evidence suggests that circulating miR-155 has the potential diagnostic value with a high sensitivity and specificity for BC. More prospective studies on the diagnostic value of circulating miR-155 for BC are needed in the future.
Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Institute of Clinical Science, Sir Runrun Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016, China. wangfaliang052@163.com.
Faliang
F
Wang
Department of Anesthesiology, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016, China. houjc_8585@163.com.
Jinchao
J
Hou
Department of Clinical Oncology, Sir Runrun Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016, China. 21118179@zju.edu.cn.
Wei
W
Jin
Department of Clinical Oncology, Sir Runrun Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016, China. lijiaqiu12@163.com.
Jiaqiu
J
Li
Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Institute of Clinical Science, Sir Runrun Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016, China. jackie-yue@163.com.
Yongfang
Y
Yue
Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Institute of Clinical Science, Sir Runrun Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016, China. jinhc@zju.edu.cn.
Hongchuan
H
Jin
Department of Clinical Oncology, Sir Runrun Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016, China. wangxzju@163.com.
Xian
X
Wang
D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology; D002681:China; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000097:blood*
D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; C524942:MIRN155 microRNA, human; D035683:MicroRNAs