摘要OBJECTIVE Various studies examining the relationship between HER-2 over-expression and the response to chemotherapy and clinical outcome in patients with osteosarcoma have yielded inconclusive results.The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the relation of HER-2 status with the response to chemotherapy and clinical outcome in osteosarcoma.METHODS We conducted a meta-analysis of 6 studies that evaluated the correlation between HER-2 status and histologic response to chemotherapy and 2-year survival.Data were synthesized in summary receiver operating characteristic curves and with summary likelihood ratios (LRs) and relative risk.RESULTS The quantitative synthesis showed that HER-2 status is not a prognostic factor for the response to chemotherapy.The positive LR was 1.27 (95% confidence interval,0.91～1.77),and the negative LR was 0.68 (95% confidence interval,0.38～1.22).There was no significant between-study heterogeneity.HER2-positive status tended to be associated with a worse 2-year survival,but the overall results were not formally statistically significant.CONCLUSION HER-2 status is not associated with the histologic response to chemotherapy in patients with osteosarcoma,whereas HER-2 positive patients may be associated with decreased survival.