Reviewer's report
Title:Association between RUNX 3 promoter methylation and gastric cancer: a
meta-analysis
Version: 4Date:15 July 2011
Reviewer: Young-Sik Kim
Reviewer's report:
1. The authors did not clearly explain the meaning of 2374 in the Abstract.
In addition, they did not describe what the autologous and heterologous mean.
2. In 2nd row of Tables 1 and 2, which is correct, M+/M- or M+/N ?
3. In subgroup analysis of the result section, chisqaure is 18.96 (line 2 from the
bottom) but it is different from the value in Table 2.
4. Some grammatical errors are still exist in the discussion(page 11, line 14) and
Fig.5 legend.
5. Many tables need to be concised and removed.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
Statistical review: Yes, but I do not feel adequately qualified to assess the
statistics.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
Reviewer's report
Title:Association between RUNX 3 promoter methylation and gastric cancer: a
meta-analysis
Version: 4Date:15 July 2011
Reviewer: Young-Sik Kim
Reviewer's report:
1. The authors did not clearly explain the meaning of 2374 in the Abstract.
In addition, they did not describe what the autologous and heterologous mean.
2. In 2nd row of Tables 1 and 2, which is correct, M+/M- or M+/N ?
3. In subgroup analysis of the result section, chisqaure is 18.96 (line 2 from the
bottom) but it is different from the value in Table 2.
4. Some grammatical errors are still exist in the discussion(page 11, line 14) and
Fig.5 legend.
5. Many tables need to be concised and removed.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
Statistical review: Yes, but I do not feel adequately qualified to assess the
statistics.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
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Reviewer's report
Title:Association between RUNX 3 promoter methylation and gastric cancer: a
meta-analysis
Version: 4Date:15 July 2011
Reviewer: Young-Sik Kim
Reviewer's report:
1. The authors did not clearly explain the meaning of 2374 in the Abstract.
In addition, they did not describe what the autologous and heterologous mean.
2. In 2nd row of Tables 1 and 2, which is correct, M+/M- or M+/N ?
3. In subgroup analysis of the result section, chisqaure is 18.96 (line 2 from the
bottom) but it is different from the value in Table 2.
4. Some grammatical errors are still exist in the discussion(page 11, line 14) and
Fig.5 legend.
5. Many tables need to be concised and removed.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
Statistical review: Yes, but I do not feel adequately qualified to assess the
statistics.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
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