Trends and variation in the management of oesophagogastric cancer patients: a population-based survey.

BMC Health Serv Res · 2009 · PMC2813235 · PMID 20003488

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0.1340

closest p · 2.7× alpha

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approaching significancep = 0.134not close (p > 0.1)

As observed in 'all patients' analysis, use of curative surgery, and of chemotherapy, decreased with increasing deprivation, but only approaching significance (OR: 0.86, p = 0.134, and OR: 0.88, p = 0.129, respectively).

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an apparent trendno p-value reported

No such significant trend was observed, in fact, there was an apparent trend in the opposite direction, which however did not reach significance.

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