Table 1

Overview of tested osteosarcoma cell lines

Cell line

Number of grafted CAMs

Embryos died

Number of - tumours

Number of + tumours

Ratio

+/-

% dead

P-value*

MNNG-HOS

23

6

6

11

11/17

26.1

NS

U2OS

21

11

5

5

5/10

52.4

0.0294

SAOS

20

14

3

3

3/6

70

0.0008

OST

8

2

5

1

1/6

25

NS

MG63

14

7

4

1

1/7

50

NS

HOS

20

5

13

2

2/15

25

NS

ZK58

35

11

21

3

3/24

31.4

NS

SJ-SA-1

11

2

9

0

0/9

18.2

NS

Controls

26

5

19.2

n = number, - = no tumour/tumour ≤ 2 mm, + = vascularized tumour > 2 mm

*Fisher's exact test (cell line vs. controls); NS = not significant

Balke et al. BMC Research Notes 2010 3:58   doi:10.1186/1756-0500-3-58