Table 1.
Characteristics of patients and arginase activity test in blood serum.
| Patients number | Age | Stage | TNM | Characteristic of arginase activity test | Number of patients | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 49 ± 15 | Healthy | - | |||
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| 15 | 57 ± 8 | I | T1N0M0, T1N1miM0, T0-1N1miM0 |
True positive (TP) | 53∗ | 70.6 |
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| 21 | 53 ± 10 | II | T0N1M0, T1-2N0-1M0, T2-3N0-1M0 |
False positive (FP) | 2 | 2.8 |
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| 18 | 55 ± 11 | III | T0-2N2M0, T3N1-2M0, T4N0-2M0, TanyN3M0 |
True negative (TN) | 9 | 12 |
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| 13 | 51 ± 12 | II Chemo |
T0N1M0, T1-2N0-1M0, T2-3N0-1M0 |
False negative (FN) | 11 | 14.6 |
∗3 women in chemo group also involved in cancer group.