Table 1.
Test | Treatment | No. Entered | No. Used | No. Excluded and Reason |
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Von Frey and Colda | Vehicle | 15 | 10 | 3 euthanized for tumor load before behavior was complete; 2 died after paclitaxel injection |
NR | 12 | 12 | ||
PEAPa | Vehicle | 15 | 8 | As above, plus 2 euthanized for tumor load before PEAP could be conducted |
NR | 12 | 12 | ||
Locomotor Activitya,b | Tumor Only | 8 | 8 | |
Tumor + Pac/Vehicle | 6 | 6 | ||
Tumor + Pac/NR | 9 | 7 | 2 excluded due to freezing behavior | |
Naïve | 8 | 8 | ||
Naïve i.v. PAC | 6 | 6 | ||
Naïve i.v. KES | 6 | 6 | ||
NORc | Naïve | 8 | 7 | 1 rat did not fulfill test criteria |
MNU+PAC | 7 | 5 | 2 rats did not meet test criteria | |
MNU+KES | 6 | 6 | ||
MNU only (no tumor) | 7 | 6 | 1 rat did not fulfill test criteria | |
Natural Progressiond | Vehicle | 14 | 12 | 2 excluded; 1 for keratin cyst and 1 for benign tumor |
NR | 14 | 14 | ||
PAC Treatment of Tumorse | Vehicle | 16 | 13 | 1 excluded; very large tumor at start of study; 2 died after paclitaxel injection |
NR | 12 | 12 | ||
IENF in Tumor Naivef | Naïve | 5 | 5 | |
PAC + Vehicle | 5 | 5 | ||
PAC + NR | 5 | 5 | ||
IENF in Tumor Bearingg | Naïve | 7 | 7 | |
PAC + Vehicle | 7 | 7 | ||
PAC + NR | 7 | 7 |
Common superscripts indicate the same cohorts of rats were used for these studies. For the studies of Ki67 expression, tumors were randomly chosen from rats in the treatment groups in the natural progression and the PAC + tumor growth experiments.