Table 2.

Serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor in various response groups

Category (number of patients)	Baseline sample	Sample 2	Sample 3	Sample 4	Sample 5	Sample 6
Excellent response (4)	0.297±0.034	0.278±0.0 62	0.258±0.0 36	0.246±0.0 26	0.167±0.0 52	0.150±0.0 38
Good response (9)	0.242±0.046	0.180±0.046	0.199±0.038	0.208±0.080	0.202±0.050	0.218±0.073
Poor response (2)	0.173±0.083	0.285±0.127	0.308±0.025	0.197±0.041	0.231±0.018	0.196±0.054
Total (15)	0.234±0.059	0.211±0.075	0.227±0.056	0.210±0.068	0.205±0.045	0.207±0.066

Values are expressed as Mean±SD. SD: Standard deviation