Table 1

Occurrence of tumor growth in prostate and lymph node metastasis of in nude mice treated with alendronate (ALN) or saline (PBS)

Treatment
Occurrence of tumor growth in prostate (%)
Occurrence of metastasis in prostate draining lymph nodes (%)

ALN
11/15 (73)
7/11 (64)
PBS
13/16 (81)
7/13 (54)

Tumors were produced by orthotopic inoculation of 5 × 105 PC-3 cells and tumors were allowed to grow for 4 weeks.

Tuomela et al. BMC Cancer 2008 8:81   doi:10.1186/1471-2407-8-81