Table 2. Median CD105 and CD34-positive vessel counts per hpf for biopsy and surgical specimens grouped by clinical and pathological response categories.
| Response |
CD105 counts/hpf
|
CD34 counts/hpf
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| assessment | Responders | Nonresponders | Median differencea | Responders | Nonresponders | Median differencea | |
| Biopsy specimens | Clinical | 5.0 | 9.3 | −4.0 (−8.0 to −0.5) | 10.5 | 17.0 | −5.0 (−9.5 to1.0) |
| P=0.02 | P=0.09 | ||||||
| Pathological | 4.8 | 5.5 | −0.5 (−2.5 to 2.0) | 3.0 | 5.8 | −2.5 (−5.5 to 0.5) | |
| P=0.77 | P=0.12 | ||||||
| Surgical specimens | Clinical | 5.0 | 4.0 | −0.5 (−6.5 to 3.0) | 12.5 | 12.0 | −0.5 (−8.0 to 5.0) |
| P=0.40 | P=0.93 | ||||||
| Pathological | 3.0 | 5.8 | −2.5 (−5.5 to 0.5) | 13.5 | 11.3 | 1.5 (−4.0 to 6.0) | |
| P=0.12 | P=0.60 | ||||||
a
Median differences between responders and nonresponders are shown with 95% CI in parentheses and Mann–Whitney U-test P-values for differences in distributions.