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Table 3 The maximum diameters of tumors and ADC values for brain metastases from lung cancer (n = 43)

From: Apparent diffusion coefficient as an effective index for the therapeutic efficiency of brain chemoradiotherapy for brain metastases from lung cancer

Treatment

The maximum diameters of tumors (cm)

ADC values (10−3 mm2/s)

One week before treatment

2.78 ± 0.15

1.07 ± 0.29

One treatment cycle

2.69 ± 0.14

1.21 ± 0.29**

Two treatment cycles

2.24 ± 0.13**

1.16 ± 0.32*

  1. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, compared to one week before treatment
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