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Table 1 Radiologic results before and after denosumab treatment

From: Radiologic and clinical changes after denosumab treatment for giant cell tumors of the mobile spine: a quantitative study

Characteristics

Before treatment

After treatment

t or Z value

p value

Maximum diameter (mm)†

52.5 (30.5, 147.0)

48.2 (30.3, 90.1)

− 4.015

 < 0.001

Proportion of the spinal canal (%) *

36.8 ± 23.8

18.5 ± 11.9

6.738

 < 0.001

Signal intensity (SI) ratio*

0.77 ± 0.22

0.58 ± 0.22

3.754

0.001

Maximum diameter of lung metastases (mm)

6.17, 7.19 and 7.92

5.09, 6.32 and 5.58

  

Vertebral height (mm) *

21.3 ± 1.3

20.2 ± 1.4

6.738

0.007

Diameter of the cyst (mm) *

13.1 ± 6.4

12.0 ± 9.6

0.458

0.658

Spinal cord compression

6

3

  
  1. †The values are given as the median, with the range in parentheses
  2. *The values are given as the mean and standard deviation