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Table 1 Characteristics of studies included in the systematic review

From: Polymorphisms in ERCC1, GSTs, TS and MTHFR predict clinical outcomes of gastric cancer patients treated with platinum/5-Fu-based chemotherapy: a systematic review

Study (reference)

Patients

Molecular marker

Ethnicity (Country)

Evaluation criteria

Sample size

Chemotherapeutic regimens

Outcomes

Goekkurt 2006, [11]

Patients with advanced GC

TS, GSTs, MTHFR, ERCC1-118

European (Germany)

RECIST

52

5-Fu+cisplatin + leucovorin

RR and OS

Ruzzo 2006 [14]

Patients with advanced GC

TS, GSTs, MTHFR, ERCC1-118

European (Italy)

Others

175

fluorouracil/cisplatin

RR and OS

Shim 2010 [17]

Patients with recurrent or metastatic GC

GSTs

Asian (Korea)

RECIST

200

Paclitaxel/docetaxel +cisplatin

RR and OS

Park 2011 [18]

Patients with metastatic GC

ERCC1-118

Asian (Korea)

RECIST

108

S-1 + cisplatin

RR and OS

Han 2010 [19]

Patients with recurrent or metastatic GC

TS, ERCC1-118

Asian (Korea)

RECIST

38

5-Fu+leucovorin +oxaliplatin

RR and OS

Stocker 2009 [20]

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced GC without distant metastasis

ERCC1-118

European (Germany)

Others

178

5-Fu+leucovorin +cisplatin

RR and OS

Seo 2009 [21]

Patients with recurrent or metastatic GC

TS, GSTs, ERCC1-118

Asian (Korea)

RECIST

94

5-Fu+ oxaliplatin/irinotecan

RR, OS and toxicity

Liu 2011 [22]

Patients with advanced GC

GSTs, ERCC1-118

Asian (China)

NR

126

5-FU+leucovorin +oxaliplatin

OS

Ott 2008 [23]

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced GC without distant metastasis

GSTs

European (Germany)

Others

139

5-Fu+leucovorin + cisplatin

RR and OS

Li 2010 [24]

Patients with advanced GC

GSTs

Asian (China)

Others

92

5-Fu +oxaliplatin

RR, OS and toxicity

Lu 2004 [25]

Patients with advanced GC

MTHFR

Asian (China)

WHO

75

5-Fu+leucovorin

RR and toxicity

Huang 2009 [26]

Patients with GC after curative surgery

GSTs, ERCC1-118

Asian (China)

NR

102

5-Fu+leucovorin +oxaliplatin

OS

Shitara 2010 [27]

Patients with inoperable GC

TS, MTHFR

Asian (Japan)

NR

132

5-Fu et al.

OS and toxicity

Huang 2009 [28]

Patients with GC after curative surgery

TS, MTHFR

Asian (China)

NR

116

5-Fu+leucovorin et al.

OS

Ishida 2002 [29]

Patients with GC after surgery

TS

Asian (Japan)

NR

51

5-Fu et al.

OS

Keam 2008 [30]

Patients with recurrent or metastatic GC

GSTs, ERCC1-118

Asian (Korea)

WHO

73

5-Fu+leucovorin +oxaliplatin

RR and OS

Goekkurt 2009, [31]

Patients with advanced GC

TS, GSTs, MTHFR, ERCC1-118

European (Germany)

Others

134

5-Fu+leucovorin +oxaliplatin/cisplatin

RR, OS and toxicity

Ott 2006 [32]

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for patients with locally advanced GC

TS, MTHFR

European (Germany)

Others

135

5-Fu+cisplatin

RR and OS

Ott 2011 [33]

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for patients with locally advanced GC

MTHFR

European (Germany)

Others

144

5-Fu+leucovorin + cisplatin

OS

Lee 2005 [34]

Patients with advanced GC

TS, MTHFR

Asian (Korea)

NR

25

5-Fu et al.

OS

  1. GC: gastric cancer; Others: evaluation criteria which were described in original papers; NR: not reporting; RR: response rate; OS: overall survival.