Table 1. Mean and standard deviation of the G″ values of the tumor and mirror ROI in both the treated and untreated group. Asterisks indicate a significant difference between the tumor and mirror ROIs†.
G″ (kPa) value of the treated group | G″ (kPa) value of the untreated group | |||||
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Tumor ROI | Mirror ROI | Significance level | Tumor ROI | Mirror ROI | Significance level | |
POD09 | 3.48±1.59 | 3.06±1.77 | - | 2.78±2.19 | 4.53±3.35 | - |
POD13 | 3.06±1.01 | 3.30±1.86 | - | 2.72±0.89 | 4.30±1.20 | * |
POD16 | 2.60±0.79 | 3.91±0.98 | ** | - | - | - |
POD19 | 2.77±0.60 | 3.76±0.91 | - | - | - | - |
A paired student t-test was carried out to compared the G″ value of the tumor and mirror ROI groups at each POD.
The “*” and “**” symbols indicate a significant difference of the G″ value between the tumor and mirror ROIs, with significance levels of 5% and 2%, respectively.