Lymphopenia is an adverse prognostic factor in rectal adenocarcinoma patients receiving long-course chemoradiotherapy.

Radiat Oncol J · 2024 · PMC11701462 · PMID 39748527

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marginal significancep = 0.050actually significant

The first three parameters were significantly related to prognosis (p = 0.043, p = 0.033, and p = 0.002, respectively), while TRG displayed marginal significance (p = 0.050).

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of marginal significanceno p-value reported

This was also the case for patients with TRG2,3, although the statistical association was of marginal significance.

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