Influence of L-methionine-deprived total parenteral nutrition with 5-fluorouracil on gastric cancer and host metabolism

Table 2 Body mass, tumor diameter and DNA index of tumor cells after TPN (mean ± SD)

TPN solution	mb/g		dt/mm		DNA index
	Pre-TPN	Post-TPN	Pre-TPN	Post-TPN	Pre-TPN	Post-TPN
+MetTPN	242 ± 20	243 ± 20	11.2 ± 1.0	14.7 ± 0.7b	1.13 ± 0.24	1.21 ± 0.26
-MetTPN	248 ± 20	245 ± 18	11.5 ± 1.2	6.9 ± 0.8ad	1.15 ± 0.21	1.12 ± 0.23
+MetTPN+5-FU	245 ± 13	233 ± 12b	11.1 ± 1.1	9.3 ± 0.8a	1.15 ± 0.03	1.08 ± 0.02a
-MetTPN+5-FU	245 ± 14	225 ± 13b	11.4 ± 0.9	5.5 ± 0.5bc	1.15 ± 0.03	1.02 ± 0.02bc

^dP ＜ 0.05,

^bP ＜ 0.01, vs preTPN;

^cP ＜ 0.05, ^dP ＜ 0.01, vs +MetTPN.