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Table 2 SWE min correlation with pathological outcome

From: The role of shear wave elastography in early prediction of response to neaodjuvant chemotherapy in cases of breast cancer

 

Pathological outcome

p-value

 

pCR

npCR

 

Mean

Standard deviation

Mean

Standard deviation

Mean tumor SWE min first cycle (kpa)

69.6

34

75.9

47.3

0.609

SWE min delta first cycle (kpa)

 − 33.38

25

 − 17

61

0.255

SWE min change percent first cycle (%)

 − 34

28.8

63.4

274

0.104

Mean tumor SWE min post-second cycle (kpa)

51.4

31.7

79

44.5

0.019

SWE min change post-second cycle (kpa)

 − 51.56

37.9

 − 14

61.36

0.016

SWE min change percent post-second cycle (%)

 − 50.6

34

70.3

314.2

0.009

SWE min post-fourth cycle (kpa)

52

39

74

54

0.11

SWE min change post-fourth cycle (kpa)

 − 51

37

 − 18

77

0.08

SWE min change percent post-fourth cycle (%)

 − 50.6

34

70

314

0.07

  1. Bold values indicate significant p value ≤ 0.05