Table 9

Comparison among the perfusion parameters and MVD between VEGF positive and negative expression of three groups of peripheral pulmonary nodules


Parameter

BV
BF
MTT
PS
PH
PHpm/PHa
MVD

VEGF positive expression
Peripheral lung cancer (n = 29) and benign nodule (n = 3)
P
0.031
0.007
0.658
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.010
VEGF negative expression
Peripheral lung cancer (n = 10) and inflammatory nod (n = 13)
P
0.616
0.968
0.308
0.003
0.000
0.001
0.043

Peripheral lung cancer (n = 10) and benign nodule (n = 9)
P
0.033
0.114
0.152
0.002
0.000
0.000
0.007

Inflammatory nodule (n = 13) and benign nodule (n = 9)
P
0.008
0.003
0.585
0.818
0.000
0.000
0.000

Ma et al. BMC Cancer 2008 8:186   doi:10.1186/1471-2407-8-186