Table 1

Multivariable meta-regression of tumour localization

Tumour localization

Hazard ratio

Confidence interval

P-value

Breast

1.24

0.84 to 1.85

0.277

Stomach

1.26

0.80 to 1.99

0.325

Lung

0.58

0.00 to 1.10

0.095

Colon

1.24

0.84 to 1.85

0.277

Ovary

1.27

0.81 to 1.98

0.298

Corpus

1.03

0.70 to 1.51

0.879

Skin

1.35

0.88 to 2.05

0.165

Ostermann et al. BMC Cancer 2009 9:451   doi:10.1186/1471-2407-9-451