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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Natl Cancer Inst. 2008 Oct 28;100(21):1500–1510. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djn351

Table 2.

Actual Weights of MDA-MB-361 Tumors grown in the Mammary Fat Pads of athymic nude (nu/nu Ncr) Mice*

Experimental Day
13 19 22 26 29 33 36 39 46 50 53 56 60 63
Absolute weight, mg
mouse #1 108 117 148 208 196 196 272 343 466 625 756 893 1008 1367
mouse #2 117 117 117 221 221 361 320 361 225 320 336 425 662 972
mouse #3 158 225 253 325 288 385 385 550 696 726 756 1055 1172 1310
mouse #4 108 144 225 361 320 338 416 675 972 1080 1172 1328 1044 1458
mouse #5 75 98 117 196 225 288 325 429 550 575 600 787 1133 1268
mouse #6 88 106 126 304 288 239 253 288 320 336 352 425 525 689
mouse #7 98 117 126 239 225 325 343 405 726 787 893 1268 1458 1504
mouse #8 125 125 180 211 245 245 336 336 425 486 564 756 847 992
mouse #9 126 135 144 190 190 201 233 281 336 397 397 650 675 772
mouse #10 144 144 196 405 405 446 486 564 650 847 926 1080 998 1289
mouse #11 81 153 153 336 320 272 272 272 325 525 525 550 600 600
mouse #12 135 272 272 425 361 474 662 725 625 787 817 1044 1172 1248
mouse #13 81 117 117 225 208 208 208 253 384 662 600 600 756 893
median 108 125 148 239 245 288 325 361 466 625 600 787 998 1248
average 111 144 167 280 269 306 347 422 515 627 669 835 927 1105
standard
deviation
26 50 54 83 68 92 122 158 211 220 247 303 275 301
standard
deviation of
the median
26 54 57 93 72 94 124 170 217 220 257 307 285 336
t-test vs day
63 values
< .001 < .001 < .001 < .001 < .001 < .001 < .001 < .001 < .001 < .001 < .001 .0323 .129 NA
Relative weight
mouse #1 1.0 1.1 1.4 1.9 1.8 1.8 2.5 3.2 4.3 5.8 7.0 8.3 9.3 12.7
mouse #2 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.9 1.9 3.1 2.7 3.1 1.9 2.7 2.9 3.6 5.7 8.3
mouse #3 1.0 1.4 1.6 2.1 1.8 2.4 2.4 3.5 4.4 4.6 4.8 6.7 7.4 8.3
mouse #4 1.0 1.3 2.1 3.3 3.0 3.1 3.9 6.3 9.0 10.0 10.9 12.3 9.7 13.5
mouse #5 1.0 1.3 1.6 2.6 3.0 3.8 4.3 5.7 7.3 7.7 8.0 10.5 15.1 16.9
mouse #6 1.0 1.2 1.4 3.5 3.3 2.7 2.9 3.3 3.6 3.8 4.0 4.8 6.0 7.8
mouse #7 1.0 1.2 1.3 2.4 2.3 3.3 3.5 4.1 7.4 8.0 9.1 12.9 14.9 15.3
mouse #8 1.0 1.0 1.4 1.7 2.0 2.0 2.7 2.7 3.4 3.9 4.5 6.0 6.8 7.9
mouse #9 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.8 2.2 2.7 3.2 3.2 5.2 5.4 6.1
mouse #10 1.0 1.0 1.4 2.8 2.8 3.1 3.4 3.9 4.5 5.9 6.4 7.5 6.9 9.0
mouse #11 1.0 1.9 1.9 4.1 4.0 3.4 3.4 3.4 4.0 6.5 6.5 6.8 7.4 7.4
mouse #12 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.1 2.7 3.5 4.9 5.4 4.6 5.8 6.1 7.7 8.7 9.2
mouse #13 1.0 1.4 1.4 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.6 3.1 4.7 8.2 7.4 7.4 9.3 11.0
average 1.0 1.3 1.5 2.6 2.5 2.8 3.2 3.8 4.8 5.8 6.2 7.7 8.7 10.3
standard
deviation
0.0 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.2 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.8 3.1 3.3
*

Tumor weights were calculated as tumor weight (mg) = (tumor length × tumor width2)/2.

Relative tumor weight = ( Day T weight/ Day 13 weight), where Day T is each time point beyond the day 13 starting mass.