Percutaneous thermal ablation combined with TACE versus TACE monotherapy in the treatment for liver cancer with hepatic vein tumor thrombus: A retrospective study.

PLoS One · 2018 · PMC6067729 · PMID 30063737

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nearly significantP = 0.065so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Only in one subgroup (patients without previous treatment), the superiority of combination therapy was nearly significant (P = 0.065).

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might not be significantno p-value reported

Thus the influence of selection bias might not be significant.

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