Table 3.
Relationship between A-V amino acid uptake rates and Dukes stage in colon cancer
| Amino acid |
Dukes stage B |
Dukes stage C or D |
P value | ||
| Sample number | R1 (%) | Sample number | R1 (%) | ||
| Threonine | 10 | 35.75 ± 8.85 | 6 | 45.10 ± 7.10 | 0.476 |
| Phenylalanine | 10 | 24.26 ± 7.02 | 6 | 29.60 ± 6.47 | 0.616 |
| Leucine | 10 | 29.73 ± 9.68 | 6 | 47.93 ± 4.07 | 0.184 |
| Isoleucine | 9 | 22.74 ± 10.23 | 6 | 42.47 ± 4.41 | 0.158 |
| Methionine | 10 | 2.44 ± 6.39 | 6 | 26.72 ± 8.30 | 0.036 |
| Valine | 10 | 34.85 ± 9.53 | 6 | 31.15 ± 3.37 | 0.776 |
| Lysine | 10 | 20.10 ± 11.03 | 6 | 34.34 ± 4.90 | 0.356 |
| Histidine | 10 | 25.32 ± 8.83 | 6 | 37.35 ± 5.08 | 0.341 |
| Proline | 6 | -2.70 ± 6.43 | 5 | 17.50 ± 7.25 | 0.066 |
| Glutamine | 10 | 26.30 ± 9.92 | 6 | 6.02 ± 10.95 | 0.209 |
| Ammonia | 10 | 5.44 ± 7.74 | 6 | 3.47 ± 10.07 | 0.879 |
| Alanine | 10 | 21.57 ± 9.65 | 6 | 12.50 ± 6.66 | 0.516 |
| Glycine | 10 | 29.37 ± 8.65 | 6 | 28.87 ± 15.91 | 0.976 |
| Cystine | 9 | 11.46 ± 10.67 | 6 | 16.73 ± 6.03 | 0.715 |
| Arginine | 10 | 23.12 ± 13.84 | 6 | 38.85 ± 4.80 | 0.409 |
| Serine | 10 | 34.32 ± 9.75 | 6 | 42.16 ± 12.82 | 0.632 |
| Tyrosine | 10 | 23.08 ± 7.78 | 6 | 31.74 ± 4.30 | 0.432 |