Authors’ reply to Jayaraj et al. ‘s Letter to the Editor re: MIR196A2 rs11614913 contributes to susceptibility to colorectal cancer in Iranian population: A multi-center case-control study and meta-analysis

•The minimum number of studies for meta-analysis is two.•Including more studies in meta-analysis increases the result reliability.•The rs11614913 is not associated with NSCLC in Asians and Caucasians.•This variant might be a risk factor for gastric cancer in Koreans.