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Chapter 7, Problem 5TY
The ability to diagnose tumors using [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) is based on the phenomenon that most types of cancer cells exhibit higher levels of
- a. glycolysis.
- b. pyruvate breakdown.
- c. citric acid
metabolism . - d. oxidative phosphorylation.
- e. all of the above.
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