borderline significanceP = 0.053
In contrast, comparisons of serum SL levels with GLS showed more promising results; at midpoint, there were significant correlations of S1P (r = 0.570, P = 0.005), dihydroS1P (r = 0.569, P = 0.007) and ahCer (r = 0.583, P = 0.020) although at the post-chemotherapy time-point, there was only significant correlations with S1P (r = 0.500, P = 0.034) and, again, borderline significance for ahCer (r = 0.486, P = 0.053).