Perioperative dynamics and significance of amino acid profiles in patients with cancer

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of subjects

Characteristic		Number
		BC	GC	TC
Patients		28	56	33
Sex	F/M	26/2	19/37	22/11
Age	Mean (yrs)	57.5	61.9	45.0
Tumor size	<=5 cm	26	29	32
	>5 cm	2	23	1
Primary tumor	T0-3	28	24	33
	T4	0	28	0
Lymph nodes metastasis MMEMmetastasis	Negative	15	21	19
	Positive	13	31	14
Distant metastasis	Negative	28	40	33
	Positive	0	12	0
Stages ^#	0	0	2	0
	I	7	14	27
	II	18	5	0
	III	3	19	3
	IV	0	12	2
	Uncharacterized	0	4	1

^#Cancer stages were determined according to the International Union Against Cancer TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors, 7th edition.

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