Association of levels of metabolites with the safe margin of rectal cancer surgery: a metabolomics study

BMC Cancer

Table 2 Performance of 22 identified metabolites^a in differentiating tumor tissue and 5cm from tumor tissue(normal tissue)

Prediction	Reality		Total	Sensitivity	Specificity
Prediction	Tumor tissue	Normal tissue
Tumor tissue	24	1	25
Normal tissue	2	23	25	96.0%	92.0%
Total	26	24	50

^aThe 22 metabolites included: Ethyl 3-Hydroxy Triester, Ditriglyceride, 7-Dehydrocholine, Acetamido phenylalamine, Triglyceride Monocelate, 24-O-B-D-Glycoside, Triglyceride, N-Ethanolamine, Propylcarnitine, Fatty Acetyl, Fatty Alcohol, 3, 4-Dihydrooxyphenylpropanol, 4,5 Epoxy amide, 4-hydroxybutadibenzoic acid, 3' -phosphoamine sulfate 5' -phosphate, 1-O-β-D-glucosol-2, 1-acetylglycerol phosphate, 1, 2, 3-triacetylglycerol, Amphetamine nucleoside monophosphate, adenosine acid, N-acetyl-α amino acid, N-acrylamide

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