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Changes in Degree Centrality and Functional Connectivity after the First Cycle of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer: A Longitudinal Study

Table 3

Comparison of the neuropsychological test results between the NAC group at TP1 and the HC group.

Neuropsychological testsNAC TP1HC group value
()()

General cognition
 FACT-Cog110.40 (105.05, 115.80)110.45 (94.95, 117.10)0.99
 PCI62.55 (58.50, 63.90)59.40 (51.30, 63.23)0.12
 Oth16.00 (16.60, 16.00)16.00 (14.00, 16.00)0.05
 PCA19.05 (16.30, 21.00)20.61 (16.13, 21.80)0.33
 QOL15.00 (14.00, 16.00)16.00 (15.00, 16.00)0.13
Executive function and psychomotor speed
 TMT-A46.50 (30.50, 71.50)42.00 (30.00, 57.75)0.50
Mental flexibility
 VFT38.50 (28.50, 45.75)32.50 (27.00, 39.25)0.14
Working memory
 DST forwards7.00 (6.00, 8.00)10.00 (8.75, 12.00)<0.001
 DST backwards4.00 (4.00, 5.00)4.00 (4.00, 6.00)0.88
Anxiety and depression
 SAS26.00 (25.00, 28.00)27.50 (25.00, 31.25)0.20
 SDS27.00 (25.00, 31.00)26.00 (25.00, 30.00)0.83

Nonnormally distributed data are reported as . For the intergroup comparison, the value was obtained using the Mann–Whitney test.