Prognostic value of post-operative serum procalcitonin in gastric adenocarcinoma patients undergoing radical gastrectomy: propensity score matching analysis of extended cohort from a prospective bi-center study.

Gastric Cancer · 2023 · PMC10640415 · PMID 37578602

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did not reach statistical significanceP = 0.062so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Similarly, patients with infections and higher PCT concentrations seemed to have worse prognosis, but the difference did not reach statistical significance ( P = 0.062).

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