Table 1. Biological response to treatments.

	CON-SALINE	CON-SS-31	TB-SALINE	TB-SS-31
Initial Weight (g)	22.75 ± 0.27	22.48 ± 0.24	22.70 ± 0.22	22.98 ± 0.18
Final Weight (g)	26.01 ± 0.51	24.65 ± 0.62	21.78 ± 1.01*	24.72 ± 0.55
Final Weight (tumor-free) (g)	26.01 ± 0.51	24.65 ± 0.62	19.45 ± 0.94*	22.40 ± 0.44^
Tumor Mass (g)	—	—	2.32 ± 0.16	2.32 ± 0.30
Heart Weight (mg)	121.8 ± 3.6	119.3 ± 3.6	94.1 ± 3.9#	106.3 ± 3.5^
Tibialis Anterior (mg)	48.2 ± 1.6	47.6 ± 1.5	36.7 ± 1.0#	38.4 ± 1.0#
Gastrocnemius (mg)	139.4 ± 5.2	138.3 ± 4.0	108.0 ± 10.8#	114.3 ± 6.2
Plantaris (mg)	17.4 ± 1.3	16.4 ± 0.8	12.0 ± 0.9#	13.9 ± 1.3
EDL (mg)	8.8 ± 0.3	8.7 ± 0.7	7.5 ± 0.4	7.6 ± 0.6

Differences in body weight, tumor weight and muscle weight between experimental groups. Values are presented as means ± SEM. ^*significantly different versus all groups (p < 0.05); ^ significantly different versus CON-SALINE (p < 0.05); ^#significantly different versus CON-SALINE and CON-SS-31 (p < 0.05).