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Table 2 Significance of IL-6 expression stratified according to the occurrence of local- regional failure (LR) or distant metastasis (DM) in 71 patients

From: IL-6 expression predicts treatment response and outcome in squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus

 

IL-6 serum level

 
 

<mean

> = mean

 

LR

+

12

32

P = 0.001

-

18

9

DM

+

10

24

P = 0.035

 

-

20

17

 
  1. LR = Local-regional Recurrence /persistent; DM = distant metastasis.