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Table 4 Per area of collagen fibers and reticular fiber in lung

From: Evaluation of metastatic niches in distant organs after surgical removal of tumor-bearing lymph nodes

		Collagen fibers		Reticular fibers
		per area (%)	P value	per area (%)	P value
KM group	G-C	0.0148(0.0045)	0.008^a	0.0118(0.0018)	0.001^a
	G-D3	0.005(0.001)	0.464^b	0.0209(0.0013)	0.008^b
	G-D6	0.0043(0.0021)	0.002^c	0.026(0.005)	0.008^c
FM3A group	G-C	0.038(0.009)	0.001^a	0.025(0.004)	0.001^a
	G-D3	0.024(0.007)	0.006^d	0.044(0.008)	0.019^d
	G-D7	0.007(0.003)	0.003^c	0.054(0.012)	0.002^c

P < 0.05 was considered significant; Data are expressed as the median (IQR)
^acompared with G-D3
^bcompared with G-D6
^ccompared with G-C
^dcompared with G-D7

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