Correlation between RASSF1A Methylation in Cell-Free DNA and the Prognosis of Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 3

Outcomes of the sensitivity analysis and publication bias test.

Patients	No. of studies	Sensitivity analysis		Egger’ s test
		HR (95% CI)	Robust	value
Total	10	1.58 (1.22, 2.04) to 1.91 (1.40, 2.60)	Yes	0.097
GC	4	1.20 (0.88, 1.64) to 1.31 (1.10, 1.56)	No	0.922
CRC	3	1.71 (1.29, 2.27) to 2.39 (1.39, 4.10)	Yes	0.172

GC: gastric cancer; CRC: colorectal cancer; HR: hazard ratio; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval.