Ex Vivo Apoptosis in CD8+ Lymphocytes Predicts Rectal Cancer Patient Outcome

Table 2

Correlation of necrotic rates of the different treatments for CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocytes separately and correlation of apoptosis and necrosis rate of CD4+ and CD8+ cells regarding the three different treatments ( values < 0.05 are highlighted in bold).

	CD4+ cells			CD8+ cells
Correlation of necrotic rates	2 Gy/8 Gy	2 Gy/2 Gy & Oxa	8 Gy/2 Gy & Oxa	2 Gy/8 Gy	2 Gy/2 Gy & Oxa	8 Gy/2 Gy & Oxa
value
	<0.001	0.004	0.003	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Apoptosis correlated to necrosis	2 Gy	8 Gy	2 Gy & Oxa	2 Gy	8 Gy	2 Gy & Oxa
value
	<0.001	0.02	0.167	0.432	0.298	0.001