Table 1.
Comparison of tumor formation and tumor intra-abdominal implantation between the two methods
Time after injection | Group | No. of mice | No. of tumor formed mice | Tumor formation rate | P value | No. of tumor implanted mice | Tumor implantation rate (100%) | P value |
Two weeks | Matrigel group | 8 | 8 | 100.0% | 0.007 | |||
PBS group | 8 | 2 | 25.0% | |||||
Three weeks | Matrigel group | 8 | 8 | 100.0% | 0.026 | 1 | 12.5% | 0.041 |
PBS group | 8 | 3 | 37.5% | 6 | 75.0% |
PBS: Phosphate buffered saline.