Table 1. Administraion Protocol.
Group | Bicarbonate | Left axillary spaces | Right axillary spaces |
Con | - | Saline (Con) | Blank NPs (Blank Nps) |
Exp | - | Free Tet 15 mg/kg (Free Tet) | Tet-NPs 15 mg/kg (Tet-Nps) |
Con+NaHCO3 | 200 mM NaHCO3 | Saline (Con NaHCO3) | Blank NPs (Blank Nps+NaHCO3) |
Exp+NaHCO3 | 200 mM NaHCO3 | Free Tet 15 mg/kg (Free Tet+NaHCO3) | Tet-NPs15 mg/kg (Tet-Nps+NaHCO3) |
There are totally four groups and eight subgroups in this study. Each group can be divided to two subgroups according to the agents injected to tumors in different axillary space. The name of each subgroup was indicated in the brackets. (Also see Fig. 2.)