Research Article

Biomarkers for Detection and Monitoring of B16 Melanoma in Mouse Urine and Feces

Table 6

VOCs with higher or lower concentrations in the feces of tumor-bearing mice than of healthy mice.

NumberRT (min)Fold (%) value1
H-CH-EH-LE-L

16.71223<0.010.27<0.01<0.01
26.87186<0.010.83<0.01<0.01
36.94132<0.010.84<0.01<0.01
48.24163<0.010.10<0.010.02
58.401860.010.070.010.05
68.58199<0.010.030.020.03
78.671160.840.200.430.03
810.21204<0.010.02<0.010.21
910.791350.030.510.010.02
1013.391200.18<0.010.55<0.01
1114.951220.52<0.010.13<0.01
1216.29860.900.370.590.05
1316.761490.280.080.700.09

Calculated by using a two-tailed paired -test. values smaller than 0.05 are marked in bold. H: healthy; E: early melanoma; L: late melanoma; C: cancer; both E and L.