From: Neoadjuvant therapy affects tumor growth markers in early stage non-small-cell lung cancer
Before neoadjuvant therapy | After neoadjuvant therapy | After surgery | |
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TGF-β (ng/ml) | 20888 ± 6059 | 15769 ± 6428 P = 0.044 | 14503 ± 5219 P = 0.007 |
VEGF (pg/ml) | 414 ± 191 | 326 ± 236 | 636 ± 409 P = 0.001 |
sAPO-1 (pg/ml) | 4.2 ± 1.4 | 3.7 ± 1.5 | 4.1 ± 2.4 |
TIMP (pg/ml) | 543 ± 87 | 509 ± 131 | 563 ± 124 |