VEGF-A165b levels are reduced in breast cancer patients at primary diagnosis but increase after completion of cancer treatment.

Sci Rep · 2020 · PMC7046696 · PMID 32108136

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0.0827

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0.1950

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a statistical trendp = 0.0827so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Notably a statistical trend could be observed in the matched paired analysis (p = 0.0827).

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.195not close (p > 0.1)

Blood samples after completion of chemotherapy tended to be higher in EDTA plasma, but this difference did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.195).

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highly significantno p-value reported

While we couldn’t demonstrate a significant difference regarding the VEGF-A165b to VEGF-A ratio, we found a statistically highly significant difference between breast cancer patients and control group.

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