ANGPT1 and neoplasm: The plasma level of angiopoietin-1 was downregulated from median 971.3 pg/mL (IQR 532.1–1569.3, range 303.7–2400.7) to 417.9 (IQR 270.5–597.3, range 176.0–839.1) after tumor resection [change: mean − 638.8, 95% confidence interval (CI), − 989.3 to − 288.3; paired sample t test, p = 0.0020; Shapiro-Wilk test, p = 0.1301; Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, p > 0.1500].