“…However, after screening of the titles and abstracts of all 114 articles, 50 were excluded. Of the 64 potentially relevant articles identified for further assessment, one article (Wu et al, 2003) was excluded because it did not provide sufficient data about the distribution of GSTM1 genotype, 18 Hu et al, 1998;Chen et al, 1999;Gu et al, 2004;Luo et al, 2004;Ye et al, 2005;Zeng et al, 2005;Chang et al, 2006;Wang et al, 2007;Chang et al, 2009;Li et al, 2011;Li et al, 2012;Ma et al, 2013) were excluded because they concerned duplicate subjects. Finally, a total of 45 articles (47 studies) (Ge et al, 1996;Gao & Zhang, 1999;Lan et al, 2000;London et al, 2000;Chen et al, 2001;Zhao et al, 2001;Chan et al, 2002;Lu et al, 2002;Zhang et al, 2002a;Chen et al, 2003;Xian et al, 2003;Chan-Yeung et al, 2004;Li et al, 2004;Liang et al, 2004;Yang et al, 2004;Chan et al, 2005;Li et al, 2005a;Qiao et al, 2005;Wang et al, 2005;Chen et al, 2006;Qian et al, 2006;Yao et al, 2006;Gu et al, 2007;Lei et al, 2007;Liu et al, 2008;…”