Table 3 sPD-L1 levels in cases of recurrence, metastasis, or dead of disease.

From: Soluble programmed death-ligand 1 rather than PD-L1 on tumor cells effectively predicts metastasis and prognosis in soft tissue sarcomas

Characteristic

n (86)

sPD-L1 average (SD)

p-value

Recurrence

−

68

61.7 (61.3)

0.803

+

18

61.4 (46.4)

Metastasis

−

58

50.2 (32.1)

0.003

+

28

85.3 (87.3)

Dead of disease

−

67

53.2 (35.5)

0.016

+

19

91.5 (100.8)

  1. In the period of this study, 19 patients had recurrence, 28 had metastases, and 19 were DOD. The sPD-L1 levels of patients with metastasis and DOD patients were significantly higher than those of patients without metastasis and patients who were not DOD, respectively, by the Mann-Whitney test.
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