Table 2.

Strains and number of mice used in the experiments

Experimental model	Mouse strain	No. of mice/group	Total No. of used mice
Experimental metastasis (Fig. 1)	BALB/c Nude	7	21
Spontaneous metastasis (single drug treatment) (Fig. 2)	BALB/c	10	30
Matrigel plugs (Fig. 3)		9	36
Spontaneous metastasis (combined treatment) (Figs. 4 and 5)		10	50