Correlation of Cell‐in‐Cell Structure With Prognosis in Solid Tumors—A Meta‐Analysis.

Background: Cell‐in‐cell structures (CICs), a novel biomarker for complex cellular interactions, have garnered increasing attention for their potential in predicting cancer patient prognosis. However, the prognostic significance of CICs in tumor outcomes remains inconclusive. To address this, we con...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:BioMed Research International Vol. 2025; pp. 1 - 9
Autores principales: Zi, Haoyi, Dai, Yinhai, Li, Mengxuan, Wang, Yidi, Wang, Mao, Wang, Shuai, Bai, Yujie, Sun, Jianing, Fan, Cong, Ding, Jiajun, Wang, Ting, Wesley, Hannah
Formato: meta analysis research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell 12/1/2025
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
fields @attributes:
  recordID: 1
pdfLink:
plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=189711679&site=ehost-live
header:
  @attributes:
    shortDbName: ccm
    uiTerm: 189711679
    longDbName: CINAHL Complete
    uiTag: AN
  controlInfo:
    bkinfo:
    dissinfo:
    jinfo:
      jid:
        23146133
        FT2T
      jtl: BioMed Research International
      issn: 23146133
      maglogo: N
    pubinfo:
      dt: 12/1/2025
      vid: 2025
      pid: 480
      pub: Wiley-Blackwell
      place: Malden, Massachusetts
    artinfo:
      ui:
        189711679
        189711679
        189711679
        10.1155/bmri/4943372
        189711679
      ppf: 1
      ppct: 8
      formats:
        fmt:
          – @attributes:
              type: T
          – @attributes:
              type: C
          – @attributes:
              type: P
      tig:
        atl: Correlation of Cell‐in‐Cell Structure With Prognosis in Solid Tumors—A Meta‐Analysis.
      aug:
        au:
          Zi, Haoyi
          Dai, Yinhai
          Li, Mengxuan
          Wang, Yidi
          Wang, Mao
          Wang, Shuai
          Bai, Yujie
          Sun, Jianing
          Fan, Cong
          Ding, Jiajun
          Wang, Ting
          Wesley, Hannah
        affil: Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine,, Xianyang, Shaanxi,, China, sntcm.edu.cn
      sug:
        subj:
          Neoplasms Prognosis
          Tumor Markers, Biological
          Cell Communication
          Human
          Systematic Review
          Meta Analysis
          PubMed
          Cochrane Library
          Checklists
          Tumor-Associated Macrophages
          Overall Survival
          Cox Proportional Hazards Model
          Confidence Intervals
          Data Analysis Software
          Descriptive Statistics
      ab: Background: Cell‐in‐cell structures (CICs), a novel biomarker for complex cellular interactions, have garnered increasing attention for their potential in predicting cancer patient prognosis. However, the prognostic significance of CICs in tumor outcomes remains inconclusive. To address this, we conducted a meta‐analysis to assess the prognostic value of CICs in solid tumors, adhering to the Meta‐analyses Of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (MOOSE) guidelines. Methods: PubMed, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library databases were searched up to October 2024 for the retrieval of full articles. Studies related to the prognosis of cell‐in‐cell and solid tumors were considered eligible for analysis. The quality of the included studies was assessed according to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Quality assessment tool. Results: We included 1836 patients with solid tumors to evaluate the association between overall cell‐in‐cell structures (oCICs) and prognosis, and 429 patients to evaluate the association between four subtypes of CICs (tumor‐in‐tumor [TiT], tumor‐in‐macrophage [TiM], macrophage‐in‐tumor [MiT], and lymphocyte‐in‐tumor [LiT]) and prognosis. We present the hazard ratio (HR) for overall survival (OS) for the number of CICs for each solid tumor. The combined HR for OS of oCICs was 1.64 (95% CI, 1.18–2.28; p = 0.003), and for LiT, it was 1.43 (95% CI, 1.12–1.83; p = 0.005), indicating that both oCICs and LiT are reliable prognostic factors for solid tumors. However, the combined HRs for OS of TiT, TiM, and MiT were 0.72 (95% CI, 0.35–1.48; p = 0.37), 1.28 (95% CI, 0.67–2.45; p = 0.46), and 1.54 (95% CI, 0.93–2.56; p = 0.09), respectively, suggesting that these subtypes may not be reliable prognostic factors due to the limited number of studies. Conclusion: The presence of higher numbers of oCICs and LiT is an adverse prognostic factor for patients and affects OS.
      pubtype: Academic Journal
      doctype:
        meta analysis
        research
        systematic review
        tables/charts
        Journal Article
      ougenre: Article
    language: English
    refInfo:
    holdings:
      @attributes:
        islocal: N