Survival after chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy versus self-expanding metal stent insertion in the setting of inoperable esophageal cancer: a case-control study.

BMC Cancer · 2012 · PMC3305548 · PMID 22336151

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closest p · 0.2× alpha

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highly significantP < 0.01actually significant

The difference in overall survival between Group A and Group D was highly significant ( P < 0.01) and in favor of Group D.

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marginally significantP = 0.069so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Comparing Group D versus Group B and Group D versus Group C, the difference in overall survival was marginally significant, and in favor of Group D ( P = 0.069 and P = 0.059, respectively).

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

The other possible comparisons in overall survival between Groups did not reach statistical significance (Figure 2 ).

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