Review Article

miRNAs in Prediction of Prognosis in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma

Table 3

Studies on combined miRNAs predicting the prognosis of ccRCC.

Sources CombinationRefFindings

ClinicalmiR-21
miR-126
[30]Improving sensitivity and specificity in predicting CSS
miR-21
miR10b
[31]The ratio of miR-21/miR10b is associated with tumour nuclear grade, TNM stage, and survival; the ratio is an independent prognostic factor in metastasis-free patients
miR-21
miR-126
miR-221
[33]The specificity of CRS for high risk patients is 90%, while for the low-risk patients it is 87%
miR-125b
and
TNM stage
[16]Markedly improving prognostic accuracy

Cell and ClinicalmiR-141-3p
miR-145-5p
[32]Cooperative effect on migration and regulation of HS6ST2 and LOX, of which the latter is a strong prognostic factor for OS

ccRCC, clear cell renal cell carcinoma; CSS, cancer-specific survival; CRD, cancer related death; CRS, combined risk score; TT, tumor thrombus; OS, overall survival; DFS, disease-free survival; ND, no data; TNM, tumor-node-metastasis.