Review Article
Is Huachansu Beneficial in Treating Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer? Evidence from a Meta-Analysis of Its Efficacy Combined with Chemotherapy
Table 4
Result of Begg’s and Egger’s test for publication bias of the studies belonging to different indicator groups.
| Indicator | Number of trials | Publication bias | value (Begg’s) | value (Egger’s) |
| Objective tumor response | 13 | 0.143 | 0.06 | One-year survival | 4 | 0.734 | 0.888 | Performance status | 9 | 0.076 | 0.19 | Pain relief | 4 | 1.000 | 0.300 | Nausea and vomiting | 7 | 0.764 | 0.603 | Leukocytopenia | 9 | 0.175 | 0.212 | Thrombocytopenia | 5 | 0.806 | 0.036 |
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