Table 2: Patients stages, marker level and treatment outcome relationship.
| Stage | No. (%) | Initial MP | Initial MN | P value | SD/PD | P value | Rec. | P value | CR | P value |
| Early 1 2 |
6 | 1 2 |
5 1 |
0.001 | 0 0 |
0.012 | 1 2 |
0.04 | 5 1 |
0.01 |
| 3 | ||||||||||
| Advanced 3 4 |
8 | 7 16 |
1 0 |
2 5 |
2 11 |
4 0 |
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| 16 |
MP: marker positive, MN: marker negative, SD: stable disease, PD: progressive disease, Rec: recurrence, CR: complete responses, FU: follow up.