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Table 2 The mean strain ratios of the tumors in the complete and partial responders at each time point

From: Strain elastography imaging for early detection and prediction of tumor response to concurrent chemo-radiotherapy in locally advanced cervical cancer: feasibility study

Group

Time points

Sum

F

P

Pre Tx

Post T1

Post T2

Post T3

CR

3.92 ± 0.98

3.07 ± 0.77

2.59 ± 0.64

1.89 ± 0.34

2.87 ± 1.03

87.004

< 0.001

PR

4.14 ± 0.77

3.74 ± 0.63

3.13 ± 0.47

2.74 ± 0.56

3.42 ± 0.82

38.317

< 0.001

sum

3.99 ± 0.91

3.27 ± 0.78

2.75 ± 0.64

2.15 ± 0.57

3.04 ± 1.00a

91.723a

< 0.001a

t

0.664

2. 515

2.503

5.583

7.203a

(F = 2.922, P = 0.058)#

P

0.511

0.017

0.017

< 0.001

0.011a

  1. CR complete responder, PR partial responder, Pre Tx pre-therapy (baseline), Post T1 at 1 week during CCRT, Post T2 at 2 weeks during CCRT, Post T3 CCRT completion (within 1 week)
  2. aF statistic and P value of main effect; #F statistic and P value of crossover effect