Sentinel node studies in truncal melanoma: does an increased number of draining basins correlate with an increased risk of lymph metastasis?

Cancer Imaging · 2012 · PMC3458783 · PMID 22935212

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0.0600

closest p · 1.2× alpha

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boldest claim

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did not quite reach significanceP = 0.06so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

This did not quite reach significance on the logistic regression analysis ( P = 0.06).

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failed to reach statistical significanceP = 0.08so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

71% vs 30%), this failed to reach statistical significance on either univariate ( P = 0.08) or regression (odds ratio 7.1; P = 0.12) analysis.

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