Table 1. Metabolic findings.

		Untreated			Pulsed			Prolonged
		(n = 10)			(n = 10)			(n = 10)
Whole body
Animal weight (grams)	24.21	±	2.12	23.48	±	2.61	22.89	±	2.4
Serum glucose level (mM L−1)	7.1	±	2.22	7.5	±	1.72	6.93	±	2.34
Whole body FDG clearance (mL X min−1)	0.24	±	0.08	0.27	±	0.10	0.14	±	0.07*
Whole body glucose consumption (µM X min−1)	1.73	±	0.93	1.78	±	0.78	1.22	±	0.23*
Cancer lesion
Animals with palpable tumor		10			9			7
Tumor weight (mg)	366	±	133	353	±	146	233	±	105*
Tumor volume at PET (µL)	306	±	93	306	±	125	187	±	89*
Tumor glucose consumption (nM X min−1 X g−1)	79.5	±	14	74.9	±	29	41.64	±	5.5*
Total lesion glucose consumption (nM)	24.33	±	4.87	22.92	±	5.21	7.79	±	1.87
FDG uptake (SUV mean)	1.16	±	0.09	1.14	±	0.08	1.09	±	0.04
FDG uptake (SUV max)	2.32	±	0.48	2.26	±	0.76	2.11	±	0.71