Investigation into the cancer protective effect of flaxseed in Tg.NK (MMTV/c-neu) mice, a murine mammary tumor model

Table 4 Mammary tumor incidence and number

Group/dose of flaxseed	Number of mice			Tumor-bearing mice		Number of tumors per mouse
	Start	Termination	No.	% of all mice at risk	% of surviving to the termination	All mice at risk	Mice with tumors
Control	21	16	16	76	100	4.24 ± 3.67^a	5.56 ± 3.20^a
Low	21	17	15	71	88	3.33 ± 3.35^a	4.67 ± 3.06^a
Middle	21	19	18	86	95	4.90 ± 4.56^a	5.72 ± 4.42^a
High	21	15	12	57	80	1.81 ± 2.36^b	3.17 ± 2.33^a

Means within the same column bearing different superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05, analysis of variance with Duncan’s multiple-range test)

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