PD-L1 in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a retrospective analysis of 373 Chinese patients using an in vitro diagnostic assay.

Diagn Pathol · 2018 · PMC6389094 · PMID 29378617

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closest p · 1.2× alpha

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marginally significantp = 0.058so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

However, the association between PD-L1 expression and lymph node metastasis was marginally significant ( p = 0.058).

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a trend toward significanceno p-value reported

However, only lymph node invasion retained statistical significance in multivariate analysis ( p = 0.010) for OS, and PD-L1 positivity ( p = 0.079) only showed a trend toward significance without reaching statistical significance (Table 2 ).

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

When testing for the prognostic significance of PD-L1 for OS in multivariate analysis, the p -value did not reach statistical significance, likely due to the small number of PD-L1-positive cases.

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