Fig. 2

Association between survival and serum markers. Difference in serum markers between the survival and the death group; a Krebs von den Lungen-6 (KL-6) and b surfactant protein-D (SP-D) at the onset of interstitial lung disease induced by anticancer agents (ILD-AA), and c ΔKL-6, and d ΔSP-D. The Box-whisker plots demonstrate the 25th and 75th percentages, the median (horizontal line within the box), and the 10th and 90th percentages (whiskers). * p < 0.01 by Mann-Whitney U- test. NS: no significant difference