Research Article

Therapeutic Touch Has Significant Effects on Mouse Breast Cancer Metastasis and Immune Responses but Not Primary Tumor Size

Table 1

Changes in mouse weight and tumor volume. There were no significant differences in the weights between treatment groups either at the start (weight 1) or end (weight 2) of experiments. Mice injected with cancer cells (CA and TT) increased their weights in a similar manner as PBS-injected mice. Tumor volumes were not significantly different between CA and TT in either experiment.

Treatment groupWeight 1Weight 2Tumor volume
(gm)(gm) (mm3)

Experiment  1
 PBS18.1 ± 0.319.8 ± 0.20
 CA18.1 ± 0.219.4 ± 0.3222.6 ± 18.1
 TT18.3 ± 0.120.1 ± 0.2220.8 ± 18.5
Experiment  2
 PBS20.3 ± 0.321.4 ± 0.40
 CA20.7 ± 0.321.4 ± 0.5320.3 ± 30.6
 TT20.8 ± 0.221.1 ± 0.3330.8 ± 42.3