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Table 1 Risk of bias assessment using NOS

From: Elevated preoperative CEA is associated with subclinical nodal involvement and worse survival in stage I non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

No.

Name of the study

Journal

Quality Score

1

Identifying Patients at Risk of Early Postoperative Recurrence of Lung Cancer: A New Use of the Old CEA Test

Ann Thorac Surg

Good

2

Predictive factors for node metastasis in patients with clinical stage I non-small cell lung cancer

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Poor

3

Risk Factors for Predicting Occult Lymph Node Metastasis

in Patients with Clinical Stage I Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Staged by Integrated Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission

Tomography/Computed Tomography

World Journal of Surgery

Good

4

Optimal Predictive Value of Preoperative Serum Carcinoembryonic Antigen for Surgical Outcomes in Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Differences According to Histology and Smoking Status

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Fair

5

Clinical significance of preoperative carcinoembryonic antigen level for clinical stage I non-small cell lung cancer: can preoperative carcinoembryonic antigen level predict pathological stage?

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery

Good

6

Predictive Risk Factors for Mediastinal Lymph Node

Metastasis in Clinical Stage IA Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Patients

Journal of Thoracic Oncology: Official Publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer

Fair

7

Sialyl Lewis X as a predictor of skip N2 metastasis

in clinical stage IA non-small cell lung cancer

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Good

8

Clinical significance of preoperative carcinoembryonic antigen level in patients with clinical stage IA non-small cell lung cancer

J Thorac Dis

Good

9

Prognostic impact of Cyfra21–1 and other serum markers in completely resected non-small cell lung cancer

Lung Cancer

Good

10

Significant correlation between urinary N1, N12-diacetylspermine and tumor invasiveness in patients with clinical stage IA non-small cell lung cancer

BMC Cancer

Poor

11

Prediction of lymph node status in clinical stage IA

squamous cell carcinoma of the lung

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Good

12

Predictive Factors for Lymph Node Metastasis in

Clinical Stage IA Lung Adenocarcinoma

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Poor