Rectal Cancer: Redox State of Venous Blood and Tissues of Blood Vessels from Electron Paramagnetic Resonance and Its Correlation with the Five-Year Survival

Table 1

Superoxide and NO generation rates in blood platelets and neutrophils of RC patients and control group; NO levels in tumor blood vessels and tissues of adjacent rectum artery.

				NO
	mean SEM	range	mean SEM; (control)	mean SEM	range	mean SEM; (control)
Blood, nM/10^5 cells⋅min
Platelets	2.67 ± 0.08	1.75-3.95	0.25±0.01	0.34 ± 0.01	0.25 – 0.49	1.51 ± 0.02
Neutrophils	0.336± 0.010	0.22-0.48	0.230 ± 0.004	0.41 ± 0.11	0.15-0.49	1.45 ± 0.02
n1= 18	0.240 ± 0.003
n2= 44	0.36 ± 0.01	0.25-0.48