Low Expression of Programmed Death 1 (PD-1), PD-1 Ligand 1 (PD-L1), and Low CD8+ T Lymphocyte Infiltration Identify a Subgroup of Patients With Gastric and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma With Severe Prognosis.

Front Med (Lausanne) · 2020 · PMC7199486 · PMID 32411711

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0.0560

closest p · 1.1× alpha

0.2000

boldest claim

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barely significantlyP = 0.056so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Instead, higher PD-1 and PD-L1 scores were barely significantly associated “per se” with OS ( P = 0.056 and P = 0.05, respectively).

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failed to reach statistical significancep = 0.2not close (p > 0.1)

In contrast, due to relatively low numbers of patients under investigation, difference in survival curves of patients with “high” or “mixed” signature failed to reach statistical significance threshold ( p = 0.2).

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