Table 48.1.

Redox indices of the cancerous and normal breast tissues from three patients

	Cancerous			Normal
Patient	Redox ratiot	NADHt (μM)	Fpt	Redox ration	NADHn (μM)	Fpn (μM)	Fpt/Fpn
1a	0.71	153	569	0.42	86	65	9.2
2b	0.52	699	759	0.31	153	69	11.1
3c	0.59	295	601	0.48	174	221	2.7
Mean	0.61	384	652	0.40	138	118	7.7d
SD	0.10	281	93	0.09	46	89	4.4
p valuee	0.062	0.248	0.027

^a2.1 cm, invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC), triple negative (TN) receptors, negative nodes, poorly differentiated, 3 core biopsies, and 1 normal tissue block

^b3 cm, BRCA1 mutation, TN, negative nodes, poorly differentiated, 1 core biopsy, and 1 normal tissue block

^c10 cm, ER+, positive node, Arimidex treated for 6 months, 1 cancer and 1 normal tissue block

^dAverage of Fp_t/Fp_n over the three patients

^eComparison of the redox indices between cancerous and normal tissue of the three patients