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Table 5 Changes of mean TGF-β1 ratio during the course of radiation therapy

From: The TGF-β1 dynamics during radiation therapy and its correlation to symptomatic radiation pneumonitis in lung cancer patients

  

Mean of Ratio ± SD

 
 

Time

RP

Non-RP

p value*

RP2

Before RT

   

(n = 8)

Beginning of RT

0.8 ± 0.2

1.0 ± 0.2

0.019

 

Middle of RT

0.8 ± 0.4

0.9 ± 0.4

0.238

 

End of RT

0.8 ± 0.2

0.9 ± 0.3

0.346

 

2 wks after RT

1.0 ± 0.6

0.9 ± 0.3

0.576

 

4 wks after RT

1.6 ± 1.0

0.8 ± 0.3

0.081

  1. Abbreviations: RT, radiation therapy; wks, weeks; RP2, development of grade ≥ 2 radiation pneumonitis
  2. * student's t-test
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Radiation Oncology

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