Positron emission tomography imaging of tumor cell metabolism and application to therapy response monitoring

Cancer cells do reprogramme their energy metabolism to enable several functions such as generation of biomass including membrane biosynthesis, and overcoming bioenergetic and redox stress. In this article we review both established and evolving radioprobes developed in association with positron emis...

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Main Authors: Amarnath eChallapalli, Eric Ofori Aboagye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2016.00044/full