Barely Significant
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Celecoxib may be a viable treatment option for breast cancer patients not treated with chemotherapy.

Front Oncol · 2022 · PMC9578006 · PMID 36267976

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barely missed statistical significanceP = 0.07so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)
Based on the P -values calculated from the confidence interval ( 4 ), this estimate barely missed statistical significance by a two-tailed test ( P = 0.07) but did reach statistical significance by a one-tailed test ( P = 0.035), which is the more important test since the trial was designed “to determine whether adjuvant celecoxib could improve disease outcomes among women with early breast cancer”.

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