Table 5.

Hsp70 serum levels (ng/ml) in relation to different total and boost irradiation doses (mean ± standard deviation)

	N	Before RT	After 30 Gy	End of RT	6 weeks after RT	6 months after RT	1 year after RT
Total dose (Gy)
40	3	2.24 ± 0.67	2.05 ± 0.36	1.88 ± 0.22	2.10 ± 0.45	2.19 ± 0.29	2.67 ± 0.71
60	27	2.42 ± 0.95	2.22 ± 1.21	2.04 ± 0.55	2.27 ± 0.82	2.18 ± 0.77	2.33 ± 1.07
66	5	2.41 ± 1.30	2.10 ± 1.02	2.13 ± 0.47	1.99 ± 0.28	3.42 ± 1.91	2.24 ± 0.72
p		0.947	0.838	0.719	0.921	0.629	0.597
Kruskal-Wallis-test
Boost dose (Gy)
0	5	3.20 ± 1.80	2.31 ± 0.47	2.14 ± 0.26	2.72 ± 0.55	2.62 ± 0.69	2.79 ± 0.61
10	25	2.30 ± 0.80	2.20 ± 1.25	2.02 ± 0.56	2.21 ± 0.82	2.12 ± 0.76	2.30 ± 1.13
16	5	2.41 ± 1.30	2.10 ± 1.02	2.13 ± 0.47	1.99 ± 0.28	3.42 ± 1.91	2.24 ± 0.72
p		0.638	0.598	0.853	0.480	0.429	0.351
Kruskal-Wallis-test