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. 2011 Jul 25;9:120. doi: 10.1186/1479-5876-9-120

Table 1.

Baseline soluble protein levels and ratios to baseline in patients stratified by clinical response (RECIST and Choi criteria)

Soluble protein and time point RECIST Choi criteria

Disease control No disease control Rank sum
P-value
Responders Non-responders Rank sum
P-value


Median n Median n Median n Median n
VEGF-A
Baseline, pg/mL 108.7 14 46.6 13 0.0332* 92.7 17 51.9 9 0.0250*
C2D1:D1 0.861 14 1.132 8 0.0352* 0.861 14 1.105 6 0.0757
C2D28:D1 1.426 13 3.617 6 0.0874 1.639 12 3.63 3 0.5363
VEGF-C
Baseline, pg/mL 1,416.5 14 741.5 13 0.0027* 1058 17 774.8 9 0.0662
C1D28:D1 0.529 13 0.806 9 0.0708 0.595 15 1.121 7 0.0319*
C2D1:D1 0.596 14 0.947 8 0.0197* 0.5636 14 0.839 6 0.0256*
sVEGFR-3
C1D14:D1 0.352 14 0.622 12 0.031* 0.4857 17 0.613 9 0.4580

Disease control (RECIST) defined as complete or partial response or stable disease > 12 weeks; no disease control defined as stable disease < 12 weeks or progressive disease

*Significant at the 0.05 level

C, cycle; D, day