Table 5. Characteristics of patients by baseline vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A) level (n=30).

Characteristic	VEGF-Alo (<57.8 pg/mL) (No., %)	VEGF-Ahi (>57.8 pg/mL) (No., %)	P value
Lymph node status			0.43
uN0	6 [40]	3 [20]
uN+	9 [60]	12 [80]
R0 resection*			0.65
Yes	10 [71]	12 [86]
No	4 [29]	2 [14]
pCR*,#			0.60
Yes	3 [28]	1 [8]
No	11 [72]	13 [92]

*, one patient each who was VEGF-A_lo and VEGF-A_hi was taken off study for lack of response to induction chemotherapy and are therefore invaluable for surgical outcomes; ^#, 1 of the 5 patients who achieved a pathologic complete response did not have a baseline VEGF measurement. VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor.