Table 2.
Relationship between A-V amino acid uptake rates and tumor size in colon cancer
| Amino acid |
Tumor size < 5.0 cm |
Tumor size > 5.0 cm |
P value | ||
| Sample number | R1 (%) | Sample number | R1 (%) | ||
| Threonine | 7 | 35.25 ± 10.13 | 9 | 42.37 ± 7.81 | 0.58 |
| Phenylalanine | 7 | 25.44 ± 10.63 | 9 | 26.89 ± 3.81 | 0.889 |
| Leucine | 7 | 33.02 ± 12.85 | 9 | 39.30 ± 6.53 | 0.648 |
| Isoleucine | 6 | 30.09 ± 16.48 | 9 | 30.99 ± 4.34 | 0.95 |
| Methionine | 7 | 13.53 ± 7.47 | 9 | 9.99 ± 8.79 | 0.772 |
| Valine | 7 | 27.63 ± 8.37 | 9 | 37.99 ± 8.50 | 0.408 |
| Lysine | 7 | 21.17 ± 14.07 | 9 | 28.76 ± 7.36 | 0.618 |
| Histidine | 7 | 25.41 ± 10.03 | 9 | 33.26 ± 7.26 | 0.528 |
| Proline | 4 | 10.05 ± 9.81 | 7 | 4.45 ± 7.19 | 0.653 |
| Glutamine | 7 | 25.45 ± 8.69 | 9 | 13.44 ± 11.93 | 0.455 |
| Ammonia | 7 | 13.92 ± 9.08 | 9 | 2.47 ± 7.08 | 0.179 |
| Alanine | 7 | 14.97 ± 1.56 | 9 | 20.64 ± 7.72 | 0.679 |
| Glycine | 7 | 30.04 ± 1.14 | 9 | 28.52 ± 11.24 | 0.926 |
| Cystine | 7 | 20.82 ± 0.69 | 8 | 7.23 ± 10.54 | 0.329 |
| Arginine | 7 | 21.68 ± 7.09 | 9 | 34.73 ± 9.06 | 0.485 |
| Serine | 7 | 25.40 ± 3.22 | 9 | 38.71 ± 9.36 | 0.836 |
| Tyrosine | 7 | 24.90 ± 0.66 | 9 | 27.44 ± 4.56 | 0.815 |