Table 2. Numbers of “non-responders” (patients with partial or no response) and “responders” (patients with either complete or very good partial response) in “reduced expression” or “normal expression” groups for each of the studied gene.

P values are indicated.

	Non-responders	Responders	Chi-square test
SHP-1
Reduced expression	13	12	P = 0.026
Normal expression	13	2
SHP-2
Reduced expression	12	10	P = 0.12
Normal expression	14	4
SOCS-1
Reduced expression	9	8	P = 0.17
Normal expression	17	6