a numerical trendp = 0.080
At a 10% significance level, the CICRT group exhibited a numerical trend toward a greater reduction in residual tumor volume compared to the CCRT group (residual tumor volume 3.0% vs. 7.4%; p = 0.080, 95% confidence interval [CI]: −9.3%–0.6%, η 2 = 0.180); this met the pre‐specified threshold, although it did not reach the conventional 0.05 level.