• Jun Peng, Daidong Wang, and Shixue Liu.
• Department of Spine Surgery, Shenzhen Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shenzhen, P.R. China.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2024 Nov 15; 103 (46): e40361e40361.

BackgroundSeveral studies have shown that the long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) CBR3-AS1 is overexpressed in various cancers and is playing an oncogene role. This meta-analysis aims to elucidate the relationship between lncRNA CBR3-AS1 expression and the prognosis and clinicopathological features of cancer patients.MethodsA comprehensive and systematic search was conducted in PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, and EMBASE database. Pooled odds ratios (ORs) and hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were employed to evaluate the association between lncRNA CBR3-AS1 expression and clinical outcomes and clinicopathological features in cancer patients.ResultsThis meta-analysis finally enrolled 9 studies comprising 800 cancer patients. The combined results indicated that lncRNA CBR3-AS1 overexpression was significantly associated with shorter overall survival (pooled hazard ratios = 1.69, 95% CI 1.28-2.21, P < .001). Furthermore, elevated lncRNA CBR3-AS1 expression was closely correlated with larger tumor size (large vs small OR = 2.17, 95% CI: 1.50-3.14, P < .0001), lymph node metastasis (yes vs no OR = 2.75, 95% CI: 1.67-4.51, P < .0001), distant metastasis (yes vs no OR = 3.08, 95% CI: 1.82-5.23, P < .0001), and advanced tumour, node, metastasis stage (III/IV vs I/II OR = 2.82, 95% CI: 1.68-4.75, P < .0001).ConclusionUpregulated expression of lncRNA CBR3-AS1 showed significant association with unfavorable survival and indicated worse clinicopathological outcomes in multiple kinds of human cancer, and therefore might serve as a promising prognosis biomarker and therapeutic target for cancers.Copyright © 2024 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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