Table 3. Tumor Growth Inhibition and Survival Time Data of CT-26 Colorectal-Bearing BALB/c Mice (n = 5) after Different Treatment Modalities.

	tumor growth inhibition			survival time
treatment groups	median tumor volume (mm3)	mean growth inhibition rate (%)	P value	median life (day)	increase in life span (%)	P value
control	4394.01			22
5-Fu	2229.6	49.25	<0.001	29	31.81	0.004
MNPs	4144.45	7.9	NS	23	4.54	NS
5-Fu/MNPs	766.51	82.55	<0.001	35	59.09	<0.001
AMF	3580.07	18.52	0.019	26	18.18	0.017
5-Fu + AMF	523.88	88.07	<0.001	38	72.72	<0.001
MNPs + AMF	1276.93	70.93	<0.001	32	45.45	<0.001
5-Fu/MNPs + AMF	285.08	93.51	<0.001	42	90.9	<0.001