Fig. 1: PRISMA diagram.
From: Infiltrating T-cell markers in cervical carcinogenesis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
The initial and updated PubMed searches plus two additional records identified during the full-text review resulted in total of 4741 records reviewed. After title and abstract review, 3789 records were excluded leaving 952 for full-text review. The full-text review excluded an additional 716 records, leaving 236 records for potential abstraction. Of these, 72 were not abstracted for the reasons indicated and 164 were abstracted. After limiting to the T-cell markers of interest, 73 records remained for inclusion in the quantitative meta-analysis, longitudinal analysis, or qualitative summary of infiltrating T-cells in cervical tissue.
