Table 1 Melanoma metagenomic samples included in this study compared with recent meta‑analyses
Melanoma Study/ Meta-analysis Study | Our study | Cai et al.61 | Zhu et al.62 | Zhang et al 63 | Olekhnovich et al. 16 | Lee et al. 6 | Limeta et al. 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gopalakrishnan et al., 2017 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
Matson et al., 2018 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 38 |
McCulloch et al.64 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lee et al., 2022—UK | 55 | 55 | 0 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 0 |
Lee et al., 2022—Netherlands | 55 | 55 | 0 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 0 |
Lee et al., 2022—Manchester | 25 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 0 |
Lee et al., 2022—Leeds | 18 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
Lee et al., 2022—Barcelona | 12 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
Spencer et al., 2021 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 97 | 0 | 0 |
Frankel et.al., 2017 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 |
Simpson et al.65 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Glitza et al.66 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Zhu et al. 2025 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wind et al., 202067 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
*Davar et al., 2021 | 181 | 0 | 181 | 0 | 181 | 0 | 0 |
*Baruch et al., 2020 | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
*Bertrand et al., 201968 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ICI Total/ *ICI + FMT Total | 482 / 281 | 274 / 0 | 211 / 221 | 385 / 0 | 364 / 221 | 292 / 0 | 102 / 0 |
