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Qiao Q, Hu S, Wang X. The regulatory roles and clinical significance of glycolysis in tumor. Cancer Commun (Lond) 2024. [PMID: 38851859 DOI: 10.1002/cac2.12549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2023] [Revised: 05/05/2024] [Accepted: 05/12/2024] [Indexed: 06/10/2024] Open
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Metabolic reprogramming has been demonstrated to have a significant impact on the biological behaviors of tumor cells, among which glycolysis is an important form. Recent research has revealed that the heightened glycolysis levels, the abnormal expression of glycolytic enzymes, and the accumulation of glycolytic products could regulate the growth, proliferation, invasion, and metastasis of tumor cells and provide a favorable microenvironment for tumor development and progression. Based on the distinctive glycolytic characteristics of tumor cells, novel imaging tests have been developed to evaluate tumor proliferation and metastasis. In addition, glycolytic enzymes have been found to serve as promising biomarkers in tumor, which could provide assistance in the early diagnosis and prognostic assessment of tumor patients. Numerous glycolytic enzymes have been identified as potential therapeutic targets for tumor treatment, and various small molecule inhibitors targeting glycolytic enzymes have been developed to inhibit tumor development and some of them are already applied in the clinic. In this review, we systematically summarized recent advances of the regulatory roles of glycolysis in tumor progression and highlighted the potential clinical significance of glycolytic enzymes and products as novel biomarkers and therapeutic targets in tumor treatment.
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- Qiqi Qiao
- Department of Hematology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, P. R. China
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- Department of Hematology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, P. R. China
- Department of Hematology, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, P. R. China
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- Department of Hematology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, P. R. China
- Department of Hematology, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, P. R. China
- Taishan Scholars Program of Shandong Province, Jinan, Shandong, P. R. China
- Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Diseases, Jinan, Shandong, P. R. China
- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China
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INTRODUCTION Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) will continue to play an ever increasing role in drug discovery because MRS does readily define biomarkers for several hundreds of clinically distinct diseases. Published evidence based medicine (EBM) surveys, which generally conclude the opposite, are seriously flawed and do a disservice to the field of drug discovery. AREAS COVERED This article presents MRS and how it has guided several hundreds of practical human 'drug discovery' endeavors since its development. Specifically, the author looks at the process of 'reverse-translation' and its influence in the expansion of the number of preclinical drug discoveries from in vivo MRS. The author also provides a structured approach of eight criteria, including EBM acceptance, which could potentially re-open the field of MRS for productive exploration of existing and repurposed drugs and cost-effective drug-discovery. EXPERT OPINION MRS-guided drug discovery is poised for future expansion. The cost of clinical trials has escalated and the use of biomarkers has become increasingly useful in improving patient selection for drug trials. Clinical MRS has uncovered a treasure-trove of novel biomarkers and clinical MRS itself has become better standardized and more widely available on 'routine' clinical MRI scanners. When combined with available new MRI sequences, MRS can provide a 'one stop shop' with multiple potential outcome measures for the disease and the drug in question.
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- Brian D Ross
- Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit, 10 Pico Street, Pasadena 91105, USA.
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Spees WM, Gade TPF, Yang G, Tong WP, Bornmann WG, Gorlick R, Koutcher JA. An 19F Magnetic Resonance–Based In Vivo Assay of Solid Tumor Methotrexate Resistance: Proof of Principle. Clin Cancer Res 2005; 11:1454-61. [PMID: 15746046 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-04-1439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE Studies in oncology have implicated multiple molecular mechanisms as contributors to intrinsic and acquired tumor resistance to antifolate therapy. Here we show the utility of an (19)F-labeled methotrexate (FMTX) with (19)F magnetic resonance to differentiate between sensitive and resistant tumors in vivo and thus predict therapeutic response. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Human sarcoma xenografts in nude mice were used in this study. The sarcoma cell lines chosen for this study (HT-1080, HS-16, and M-805) are well characterized in terms of their methotrexate sensitivity and molecular mechanisms of resistance. The pharmacokinetics of tumor uptake/washout of FMTX were monitored via in vivo (19)F magnetic resonance spectroscopy (pulse/acquire with surface coil localization) following an i.v. bolus injection. Response post-therapy, following leucovorin rescue, was monitored via tumor growth. RESULTS The three tumor models show differences in both the peak concentrations of tumor FMTX and the dynamics of uptake/retention. These differences are most pronounced for time points late in the magnetic resonance observation period (225-279 minutes post-injection). A statistically significant linear correlation between tumor tissue concentrations of FMTX at these late time points and therapeutic response in the days/weeks post-treatment is shown (R = 0.81, F = 9.27, P < 0.001). Interestingly, a 400 mg/kg i.v. bolus injection of FMTX is a more potent cytotoxic agent in vivo against methotrexate-sensitive tumors than is the parent compound (P = 0.011). CONCLUSIONS In principle, the assay method described herein could be implemented in the clinic as a diagnostic tool to make decisions regarding therapeutic protocol for the treatment of osteosarcoma on a case-by-case basis.
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- William M Spees
- Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA.
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Kettelhack C, Wickede MV, Vogl T, Schneider U, Hohenberger P. 31Phosphorus-magnetic resonance spectroscopy to assess histologic tumor response noninvasively after isolated limb perfusion for soft tissue tumors. Cancer 2002; 94:1557-64. [PMID: 11920514 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.10361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND In patients with unresectable soft tissue sarcoma of the extremities, isolated limb perfusion (ILP) has been reported to result in significant tumor regression enabling limb-sparing resection in the majority of patients. However, clinical tumor response as evaluated by imaging and histopathology (extent of tumor necrosis) often differ significantly. The current study was initiated to evaluate prospectively the role of 31phosphorus-magnetic resonance spectroscopy (31P-MRS) in the noninvasive assessment of histologic response in patients treated with ILP. METHODS Thirty-two patients with locally advanced and unresectable soft tissue tumors (sarcoma in 28 patients and bulky melanoma in 4 patients) were treated by ILP with recombinant human tumor necrosis factor-alpha and melphalan or with cytostatics. 31P-MRS was performed prior to treatment and at regular intervals after ILP until definite tumor resection. Clinical response parameters according to the World Health Organization as well as the histopathologic necrosis rate of the resection specimen were correlated with changes in the energy-rich phosphorous metabolites phosphocreatine (PCR); alpha-, beta-, gamma-adenosine triphosphate (ATP); phosphomonoesters (PME); and inorganic phosphate (Pi). RESULTS Clinically, 15 of 32 patients (response rate [RR] of 47%) demonstrated a partial response (PR). The ratios of PME/PCR and PME/beta-ATP decreased significantly after ILP in comparison with preoperative values (P < 0.001). The changes in the PME/beta-ATP ratio were significantly different between clinical responders and nonresponders (P < 0.02) in contrast with the PME/PCR ratios (P < 0.09). Histologic necrosis of > 90% (pathologic (p) PR) was present in 17 resection specimens, 7 of which demonstrated no clinical response. Seven tumors demonstrated a pathologic complete response (pCR). When combining PR, pPR, and pCR (RR of 68%), 31P-MRS was able to predict response with a specificity of 94% and a sensitivity of 68% (P < 0.006, by the chi-square test). CONCLUSIONS The considerable difference between clinical and pathologic RR after ILP underlines the shortcomings of established response criteria. Utilizing changes in PME/beta-ATP ratios, 31P-MRS is a highly specific tool with which to predict histologic response in this setting. This finding may be of major value in those patients in whom the decision to perform a major resection or amputation must be made for local tumor control.
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- Christoph Kettelhack
- Division of Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Robert Roessle Hospital and Tumor Institute at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Charite, Campus Berlin-Buch, Humboldt University at Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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The application of 31P MR spectroscopy in the characterization and treatment of malignant human extremity tumors is reviewed and placed in the perspective of results obtained in murine sarcomas. Despite the now widespread acquisition of gradient localized spectral maps, the low spatial resolution that can be achieved at 1.5 or 2 T with 31P MRS, greatly limits its use in the study of tumor heterogeneity. The potential of 31P MRS is in the evaluation and monitoring of large inoperable extremity tumors. There are early spectral changes in human extremity sarcomas monitored after therapy, and recent studies have shown that the 31P MR spectra measured before treatment, and the changes in phosphate metabolites measured shortly thereafter, correlate with the clinical response after 2 or 3 months. Larger clinical studies are needed to confirm whether correlations of, for instance, pretreatment tumor pH with necrosis at resection and Pi decrease with tumor regression, can be used as a predictive test for clinical response.
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- P E Sijens
- Department of Radiology, Dr Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, University Hospital Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Jaovisidha S, Subhadrabandhu T, Siriwongpairat P, Pochanugool L. An integrated approach to the evaluation of osseous tumors. Orthop Clin North Am 1998; 29:19-39. [PMID: 9405776 DOI: 10.1016/s0030-5898(05)70005-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Modern treatment techniques for musculoskeletal neoplasms require significant imaging information to determine the nature and extent of tumors. The imaging investigation should be selected according to the information needed. Conventional radiographic techniques remain of fundamental importance in the analysis of bone tumors and tumor-like lesions, whereas advance imaging techniques such as CT and MR imaging can provide information regarding the extent of lesions.
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- S Jaovisidha
- Department of Radiology, Ramathibodi Hospital School of Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Möller HE, Vermathen P, Rummeny E, Wörtler K, Wuisman P, Rössner A, Wörmann B, Ritter J, Peters PE. In vivo 31P NMR spectroscopy of human musculoskeletal tumors as a measure of response to chemotherapy. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 1996; 9:347-358. [PMID: 9176889 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1492(199612)9:8<347::aid-nbm431>3.0.co;2-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The value of in vivo 31P NMR spectroscopy to provide indicators of response to cytostatic chemotherapy was studied in patients with malignant musculoskeletal tumors. Characteristics of untreated cancers were strong signals of PME and PDE, moderately increased Pi and low PCr. The intracellular pH was slightly alkaline. The intracellular concentration of free magnesium was 70% of that in muscle. Spectroscopic findings at different times of therapy were compared with the percentage of tumor necrosis after surgical resection in 28 patients. In follow-up studies, energy-rich phosphates declined in nonresponders, while PME, Pi and frequently PDE increased. Treatment response appeared to involve the reversal of these trends. In five responders, a biphasic pattern was observed, i.e. initially the spectrum changed into that of severely ischemic cell injury followed by a successive phase of apparent 'tumor activation'. Pretreatment levels of (PCr+Pi)/total phosphate > or = 0.35 and PCr/ alpha-NTP > or = 1.5, an accelerated increase in total low-energy phosphates/total high-energy phosphates (> or = 3.0%/day) after the initial drug application, and a long-term decrease (< or = -0.4%/day) during later therapy were highly indicative of tumor response to chemotherapy. Such spectroscopic predictors for treatment response proved to be superior to currently used indices such as tumor size.
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- H E Möller
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Germany
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Sijens PE, Eggermont AM, van Dijk PV, Oudkerk M. 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy as predictor of clinical response in human extremity sarcomas treated by single dose TNF-alpha + melphalan isolated limb perfusion. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 1995; 8:215-224. [PMID: 8664107 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1940080506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Irresectable extremity sarcomas are large (grade II/III) tumors requiring amputation of the limb for local control. Limb salvage can be achieved by isolated limb perfusion (ILP) with tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), interferon-gamma and melphalan. To obtain insight into the effects of single dose ILP on extremity tumors, phosphate metabolism was monitored by 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) using the chemical shift imaging (CSI) technique. 2D CSI was used in combination with a slice select gradient in the third dimension to obtain true 3D localization. Spectral maps obtained prior to ILP revealed reductions in phosphocreatine (PCr) level and increases in phosphomonoester (PME) and phosphodiester (PDE) in tumor compared with muscle tissue. ILP treated tumors showed highly divergent changes in Pi while PME decreased in all cases (n = 11). Tumor volume, unchanged on day 8 after ILP, was decreased by 58 +/- 29% (mean +/- SD) at 2 months. Linear regression analysis revealed correlation between the changes in tumor metabolites measured on day 8, with percent volume decrease (Pi: r = -0.88, p < 0.001) and percent necrosis at resection (PME: r = -0.79, p -0.01). Correlation between pretreatment spectra and effectiveness of ILP treatment was not found. It is concluded that a single ILP with TNF-alpha + melphalan induced changes in tumor metabolite levels (measured on day 8) that reflect treatment efficacy. 31P MRS can thus provide information facilitating the decision as to when to remove tumor (residue) and, in the case where tumor remains inoperable, whether or not to apply additional therapy.
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- P E Sijens
- Department of Radiology, University Hospital Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Ballinger JR, Kang H, Sweeney CA, Scott JD, Croker BP, Scott KN. P-31 changes as a measure of therapy response in resistant and sensitive osteosarcomas implanted into nude mice. Magn Reson Imaging 1995; 13:877-83. [PMID: 8544659 DOI: 10.1016/0730-725x(95)00035-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine if changes in PCr/Pi and PME can be used to predict lack of tumor response to chemotherapy in a murine model of a chemotherapy-resistant human osteosarcoma. MATERIAL AND METHODS Cisplatin-resistant sublines were grown from high-grade cisplatin-sensitive human osteosarcoma. Surface coil localized 31P NMR spectroscopy of implanted cisplatin-resistant and sensitive osteosarcoma tumors in nude mice was performed. RESULTS A cisplatin-resistant subline of a sensitive human osteosarcoma was developed that was five times more resistant to cisplatin than the parent cell line. Our NMR data shows a statistically significant difference in the change in the PCr/Pi ratio after treatment between sensitive and resistant osteosarcomas at the alpha = 0.05 level. Changes in PME were seen in the sensitive tumors but were not statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS Changes in PCr/Pi predict lack of tumor treatment response in human osteosarcoma implanted into nude mice with a specificity of 70% and a sensitivity of 54%. Monitoring of PCr/Pi in human osteosarcoma patients may allow detection of response to chemotherapy before conventional imaging techniques.
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- J R Ballinger
- Dept. of Radiation Therapy, Ajou University School of Medicine, Kyungkido, Suwon, Korea
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Hoekstra HJ, Boeve WJ, Kamman RL, Mooyaart EL. Clinical applicability of human in vivo localized phosphorus-31 magnetic resonance spectroscopy of bone and soft tissue tumors. Ann Surg Oncol 1994; 1:504-11. [PMID: 7850556 DOI: 10.1007/bf02303616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is of restricted value for the in vivo characterization of tumor types. The applicability of phosphorus-31 (31P) magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) in the diagnosis of bone and soft tissue tumors is unknown. METHODS A total of 191 consecutive patients (85 females and 106 males; mean age 41 years, range 1-80) with a well-defined bone or soft tissue tumor on MRI were analyzed for additional 31P spectroscopy. Histology and/or cytology was obtained from all tumors. Because of low sensitivity of the 31P nucleus and the contamination of surrounding tissue, only large, superficially located tumors accessible to the surface coil could be accepted for MRS. RESULTS Twenty-one patients (11%) could be included in the study. From this remaining group only 12 studies (57%) produced spectra with well resolved phosphorus peaks and an acceptable signal-to-noise ratio. However, these spectra did not allow differentiation between the benign and malignant nature of the lesions. The other 9 studies showed spectra with poor signal intensities and/or poorly defined peaks, making tumor differentiation impossible. CONCLUSION Only 6% of the bone and soft tissue tumors produced well defined spectra, which implies that localized 31P MRS cannot be considered as a routine technique in the diagnostic and treatment evaluation of bone and soft tissue tumors.
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- H J Hoekstra
- Department of Surgical Oncology, Groningen University Hospital, The Netherlands
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Szwergold BS, Kappler F, Moldes M, Shaller C, Brown TR. Characterization of a phosphonium analog of choline as a probe in 31P NMR studies of phospholipid metabolism. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 1994; 7:121-127. [PMID: 8080713 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1940070304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Tumors and transformed cells have been shown by 31P NMR to contain elevated concentrations of two phosphomonoesters, phosphorylcholine and phosphorylethanolamine, involved in phospholipid metabolism. In order to understand the biochemical basis for these phenomena new methods are needed to allow for analysis of the relevant metabolic pathways in intact cells. One such promising tool may be phosphonium-choline, a 31P NMR-visible analog of choline in which the trimethyl-ammonium group of choline has been replaced with a trimethyl-phosphonium moiety. As shown previously [Sim et al. Biochem. J. 154, 303 (1976)], this compound is non-toxic and readily metabolized by cultured cells into phospholipids. In this paper we describe in greater detail some of the chemical and NMR spectroscopic properties of this material. Most significantly we show here that the chemical shift of phosphonium-choline is sensitive to the phosphorylation state of the analog and that the phosphonium nucleus is NMR-visible even after its incorporation into phospholipid. The unique properties of this analog should make it possible to use high-field 31P NMR to follow the flux of phosphonium-choline through the Kennedy pathway in intact perfused cells cultures.
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Kang H, Ballinger JR, Sweeney C, Croker BP, Scott KN. 31P changes as a measure of therapy response in human osteosarcomas implanted into nude mice. Magn Reson Imaging 1994; 12:935-43. [PMID: 7968292 DOI: 10.1016/0730-725x(94)92034-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Our objective was to determine whether changes in PME and PCr/Pi can be used to predict lack of tumor response to chemotherapy in a murine model of human osteosarcoma. A chemotherapy-sensitive human osteosarcoma cell line was implanted into the flank of 22 nude mice. Cisplatin was administered to 11 of the mice 9 days postimplantation. 31P MR spectroscopy was performed pre- and post-chemotherapy in both sets of mice. Statistically significant changes in PCr/Pi occur from post-chemotherapy in the treated mice, but not in the untreated mice during the same time. Change in PME parallels changes in tumor volume. Changes in PCr/Pi predict lack of chemotherapy treatment in human osteosarcoma implanted into nude mice with a specificity of 80% and a sensitivity of 63%. The change in PCr/Pi occurs prior to any changes in volume of the tumor [corrected].
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- H Kang
- Department of Radiology, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610
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Berquist TH. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF PRIMARY SKELETAL NEOPLASMS. Radiol Clin North Am 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0033-8389(22)02865-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Mooyaart EL, Kamman RL, Boeve WJ. In vivo 31P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of osteosarcoma. Cancer Treat Res 1993; 62:19-24. [PMID: 8096733 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-3518-8_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Redmond OM, Bell E, Stack JP, Dervan PA, Carney DN, Hurson B, Ennis JT. Tissue characterization and assessment of preoperative chemotherapeutic response in musculoskeletal tumors by in vivo 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Magn Reson Med 1992; 27:226-37. [PMID: 1461110 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910270204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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This study investigates the potential of in vivo 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) to characterize musculoskeletal tumors and to determine preoperative levels of histological necrosis, which is an important clinical indicator of patient response. Pretherapy MRS was performed on 28 patients with large musculoskeletal tumors: 13 with osteosarcoma, 3 with chondrosarcoma, 5 with malignant fibrous histiocytoma, 1 with desmoid tumor, 1 with Ewing's, 2 with hemangioendothelioma, 1 with myxoid liposarcoma, 1 with synovial cell sarcoma, and 1 with rhabdomyosarcoma. Fifteen patients had follow-up MRS examinations after commencement of chemotherapy (mean of five/patient), eight of whom have now had surgery. Elevated levels of PMEs (P < 0.01), P(i) (P < 0.01), and PDEs (P < 0.02) as well as elevated tumor pH (P < 0.05) were observed in all patients. The synovial cell sarcoma was characterized by high levels of PMEs (> 20%) and low pH (pH 6.76). This contrasted with the spectra obtained from the malignant fibrous histiocytomas which had high levels of PDEs (17 +/- 5%). Reductions in PDE levels postchemotherapy were associated with a high degree of necrosis (> 90%) at surgery, while an increase in PDE levels was associated with a low level of histological necrosis. Likewise, reductions in the ratios PDE/NTP and PDE/PCr and an increase in P(i)/PDE were also associated with a high level of necrosis.
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- O M Redmond
- Institute of Radiological Sciences, Dublin, Ireland
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Redmond OM, Stack JP, O'Connor NG, Carney DN, Dervan PA, Hurson BJ, Ennis JT. 31P MRS as an early prognostic indicator of patient response to chemotherapy. Magn Reson Med 1992; 25:30-44. [PMID: 1593955 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910250104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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In this study 31P spectral changes were closely monitored following the initial administration of cytotoxic drugs and related to five parameters of patient response. Pre- and postchemotherapy 31P MRS examinations were performed on 16 patients with large, malignant tumors. These included four tumor types: (i) lymphoma (n = 7), (ii) breast carcinoma (n = 4), (iii) musculoskeletal tumors (n = 4), and (iv) adenocarcinoma (n = 1). A mean of 5 spectra/patient (range 2-10) was performed following the initial chemotherapy. The spectral trends exhibited by 14 of 16 patients reached "points of maximum change," after which they began to revert toward prechemotherapy values. In 2 of 16 patients that did not respond to the initial chemotherapy regimen, no spectral trends were observed. The degree of change of certain spectral parameters, namely, decreases in PME, PME/PDE, PME/PCr, PME/NTP, PDE/PCr, and tumor pH, as well as increases in the ratios Pi/PME and Pi/PDE, were associated with good patient response and separated responders from nonresponders. Pi/PME appears the most promising for discriminating partial from complete responders.
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- O M Redmond
- Institute of Radiological Sciences, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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Ross B, Kreis R, Ernst T. Clinical tools for the 90s: magnetic resonance spectroscopy and metabolite imaging. Eur J Radiol 1992; 14:128-40. [PMID: 1563413 DOI: 10.1016/0720-048x(92)90226-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) is a flexible tool with real clinical utility. Examples from our experience in over 250 cases of clinical proton MRS are presented. Shorter echo time and reproducible water suppression increases the number of metabolites which can be detected and identified. Case reports illustrate the significance of altered ratios of N-acetylaspartate, choline, total creatine, myo-inositol, glutamate, glutamine, lactate, glucose, ketones, and, as an incidental finding, ethanol. Significant new information has resulted by applying proton MRS in chronic hepatic encephalopathy, diabetes mellitus and severe hypoxic encephalopathy ('near-drowning'). Potentially useful measurements have been made in normal brain maturation, ethanol related diseases, dementia (normal-pressure hydrocephalus), urea cycle defect and neuronal disease presenting as seizures. Metabolite imaging, particularly with proton, is clinically valuable, documenting the heterogeneity of biochemical disorders in seemingly focal lesions. A new method of specific 31-phosphorus--phosphocreatine imaging provides information in partially denervated skeletal muscle and is expected to have applications in brain.
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- B Ross
- Clinical Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Laboratory, Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, CA 91105
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In Vivo Phosphorus-31 NMR: Potential and Limitations. IN-VIVO MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY III: IN-VIVO MR SPECTROSCOPY: POTENTIAL AND LIMITATIONS 1992. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-77218-4_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Pappas AA, Komoroski RA, Thompson JR, Hough AJ. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy in pathology: II. Current and future clinical applications. Hum Pathol 1992; 23:4-12. [PMID: 1544667 DOI: 10.1016/0046-8177(92)90003-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- A A Pappas
- Department of Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock 72205
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Shinkwin MA, Lenkinski RE, Daly JM, Zlatkin MB, Frank TS, Holland GA, Kressel HY. Integrated magnetic resonance imaging and phosphorus spectroscopy of soft tissue tumors. Cancer 1991; 67:1849-58. [PMID: 2004297 DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19910401)67:7<1849::aid-cncr2820670706>3.0.co;2-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Eighteen patients with soft tissue masses underwent integrated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and phosphorus spectroscopy (31P-MRS) to evaluate benign and malignant tumor morphology and metabolism. Spectra from soft tissue tumors had a significantly higher proportion of phosphate in the low-energy portion of the 31P spectrum (P less than 0.001) with a concomitant decrease in phosphocreatine (P less than 0.01) compared with 31P spectra from normal muscle. Malignant tumors had a mean pH of 7.35 +/- 0.13 which was greater than that of muscle tissue with a mean pH of 7.08 +/- 0.07 (P less than 0.001). All tumors had greater relative levels of phosphomonoesters, inorganic phosphate, and phosphodiesters compared with those in muscle tissue but considerable variability among tumors was noted due to tumor size, extent of tumor necrosis, and muscle contamination. Integrated MRI/MRS studies are necessary to provide exact localization of the tumor and a more correct interpretation of the 31P-MRS data.
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- M A Shinkwin
- Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104
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Progress in bone tumor management has occurred as a result of cooperation among surgeons, oncologists, pathologists, and radiologists. During the 1990s radiologists will contribute to care of patients with bone tumors in major ways. Tumor detection and preliminary diagnosis will be accomplished by radiography. Tumor local extent will be assessed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and to a lesser degree by computed tomography (CT). Distant spread of malignancy will be documented by radionuclide scintigraphy (skeleton) and by CT (lungs). The combined estimate of local extent and distant spread will assure adequate staging before definitive management decisions. Preoperative closed percutaneous biopsy for histologic diagnosis will be accomplished on an outpatient basis under fluoroscopic or CT guidance. Arteriography will be employed for delivery of local chemotherapy. Some combination of arteriography, MRI, and MR spectroscopy will be used to evaluate tumor response. After limb-salvage surgery, MRI will sequentially assess the tumor bed; bone scintigraphy and CT will detect skeletal and pulmonary metastases. The radiologist's role will undergo continuous redefinition.
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- W A Murphy
- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
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Majors AW, Ng TC, Karalis IM, Edinger MG, Tubbs RR, Higgins PD, Shin KH. Phosphorus metabolites and the distribution of cell cycle phase of RIF-1 tumors in response to 14 Gy irradiation. Magn Reson Med 1990; 16:425-30. [PMID: 2077333 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910160309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Simultaneous measurements of DNA cell phase cycle distributions and in vivo 31P NMR spectroscopy were performed on 40 RIF-1 murine tumors irradiated with 14 Gy of X-radiation. Diploid and tetraploid tumor populations were observed. The cells blocked in G2/M phase were measured as a function of the ratios of tetraploid cell number in G2/M phase versus total cell population measured. The G2/M population reached a maximum at 32 h post irradiation, dropping to control values by 72 h, while the ratio of inorganic phosphate to beta-nucleotide triphosphate dropped significantly at 32 h and remained significantly lower than control up to 72 h post irradiation. Measurements of PME, PDE, PCr, and pH showed no significant variations at any time point. No significant change in host cell population could be observed. Since the measured G2/M population never increased to more than 3% of the total cell population, the change observed in the 31P NMR spectra were not simply the result of possible differences in NMR profiles of the different cell phase populations but were more likely due to a change in the metabolic characteristics or environment of a majority of the cells.
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- A W Majors
- Division of Radiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44106
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Koutcher JA, Ballon D, Graham M, Healey JH, Casper ES, Heelan R, Gerweck LE. 31P NMR spectra of extremity sarcomas: diversity of metabolic profiles and changes in response to chemotherapy. Magn Reson Med 1990; 16:19-34. [PMID: 2175008 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910160104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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We have used 31P NMR spectroscopy to study 22 patients with suspected sarcomas prior to any treatment. The spectra are characterized by the same peaks noted in murine tumors. The mean pH was 7.14 +/- 0.08 and PCr/Pi was 1.18 +/- 0.83. Comparison of pH and PCr/Pi ratios in human and a murine tumor with a low hypoxic cell fraction revealed no significant differences. Six patients subsequently received chemotherapy and three responded to therapy (based on pathologic examination and/or tumor reduction greater than 50%). The three responding patients were noted to have significantly lower PDE/PME in their pretreatment spectra than the three nonresponding patients. The three responding patients with sarcomas also showed a rise of greater than 100% in PDE/PME during the first cycle of therapy. Two of the responding patients had an increase of 0.37 pH units during this interval, which was not detected in the nonresponding patients. These data suggest that 31P NMR spectroscopy may be a useful prognostic indicator in conjunction with other clinical parameters.
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- J A Koutcher
- Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021
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Knop J, Delling G, Heise U, Winkler K. Scintigraphic evaluation of tumor regression during preoperative chemotherapy of osteosarcoma. Correlation of 99mTc-methylene diphosphonate parametric imaging with surgical histopathology. Skeletal Radiol 1990; 19:165-72. [PMID: 2185556 DOI: 10.1007/bf00204090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The effect of preoperative chemotherapy (PCT) on the uptake of 99mTc-labeled diphosphonates into tumor bone was quantitatively assessed from serial scan studies of 30 osteosarcomas and correlated with the histomorphological changes determined from the surgical specimens. The parametric images of the tumor blood pool and labeled methylene diphosphonate (99mTc-MDP) plasma clearance by the tumor bone enabled a sensitive distinction to be made preoperatively between a good (greater than 90% tumor cell destruction) and a poor (less than 90% tumor cell destruction) tumor response. Overall accuracy in presurgical prediction of tumor regression was found to be 88% and 96% for the blood pool and 99mTc-MDP clearance measurements, respectively (P less than or equal to 0.0004). In addition, it proved possible to localize resisting areas of viable tumor up to 1.0 cm in diameter. Even at the half-way stage of PCT, a poor response could be reliably predicted (overall accuracy 91% and 100%, respectively; P less than or equal to 0.011). Therefore, 99mTc-MDP parametric imaging is a highly sensitive and specific modality for an objective and accurate assessment of tumor regression during PCT of osteosarcoma.
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- J Knop
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, FRG
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McKenna WG, Lenkinski RE, Hendrix RA, Vogele KE, Bloch P. The use of magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy in the assessment of patients with head and neck and other superficial human malignancies. Cancer 1989; 64:2069-75. [PMID: 2804895 DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19891115)64:10<2069::aid-cncr2820641017>3.0.co;2-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The proper demarcation of diseased tissue is important for radiation therapy planning and treatment. The volume to be irradiated is usually identified on radiographs or on x-ray computed tomography (CT) sections. Magnetic resonance (MR)-derived images of the proton T2 relaxation times in small pixel elements, typically 0.5 mm2 or less, provide significantly sharper differentiation between normal and diseased tissue. The T2 values in tissue depend on the tissue composition, histologic condition, and physiologic environment within the tumor. Furthermore, for many tumors the histogram of T2 values has a clear biphasic distribution suggesting that T2 maps may be useful for the identification of necrotic or hypoxic regions within tumors. The distribution of T2 values within the tumor bed shows the general pattern that the T2 values are elevated with a range greater than that seen in normal muscle. Elevated T2 values are not by themselves diagnostic of malignancy; however, they demonstrate the heterogeneity of the microenvironment present within a tumor. The spatial distribution of T2 values is being explored as a method for computer assistance in the delineation of the target volume for treatment planning. In addition, MR P-31 spectroscopic examinations were performed on 30 patients with squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck. Although hampered by muscle contamination in some P-31 spectra obtained with surface coil profile localization techniques, significant trends can still be appreciated in our data. These trends include the following: (1) the P-31 spectra from malignant tissue have well-resolved spectral lines in the upfield region that correspond to Pi, phosphomonoester (PME), and phosphodiester (PDE) not usually seen in normal muscle; (2) the PDE/B-ATP and PME/B-ATP ratios are greater than unity in all cases; and (3) most of the tumors have higher PME peaks than PDE peaks. The P-31 spectra from patients treated with ionizing radiation changed during and after therapy. Some of the changes could be associated with alteration of the tumor metabolic activity or synthesis and breakdown of lipoproteins. These studies suggest that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) studies may be useful for both radiotherapy treatment planning and the noninvasive monitoring of patients both before and during treatment.
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- W G McKenna
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104
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Lenkinski RE, Allman T, Scheiner JD, Deming SN. An automated iterative algorithm for the quantitative analysis of in vivo spectra based on the simplex optimization method. Magn Reson Med 1989; 10:338-48. [PMID: 2733590 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910100306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The success in utilizing in vivo NMR to identify and/or monitor metabolic abnormalities will be determined in large part on the reliability with which the spectral parameters of the metabolites present can be measured. For these reasons it is clear that there is a need for the development of algorithms with which to obtain quantitatively reliable estimates of the spectral parameters of the peaks present. In this report we describe an adaptation of the simplex algorithm which we have found useful in fitting in vivo spectral data in the frequency domain. This simplex algorithm was implemented on an IBM-PC AT compatible computer. We evaluated the simplex algorithm on three representative kinds of spectral data: a simulated spectrum, 31P spectrum of normal calf muscle, and the 31P spectrum of a pediatric patient with a brain tumor. In each case we generated a set of spectra by adding varying amounts of noise. On the basis of our simulations and the two examples discussed, we conclude that the simplex method generates parameters which are reliable estimates of the areas of the peaks present when the signal-to-noise is above 8:1 for phosphocreatine. We found that the speed of convergence of the algorithm was improved by overestimating the linewidths of the peaks present. We also found that the method converged more rapidly in the presence of a moderate amount of noise. We conclude that the algorithm described here can provide a robust method with which to analyze in vivo spectra in a quantitative manner. Because the method requires little user intervention, it lends itself to implementation in a semi-, or fully, automated fashion.
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- R E Lenkinski
- Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104
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Ng TC, Grundfest S, Vijayakumar S, Baldwin NJ, Majors AW, Karalis I, Meaney TF, Shin KH, Thomas FJ, Tubbs R. Therapeutic response of breast carcinoma monitored by 31P MRS in situ. Magn Reson Med 1989; 10:125-34. [PMID: 2547134 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910100112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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In situ phosphorous MRS was employed to study the metabolites of normal and cancerous breasts, and the alterations of tumor response to therapy. In a group of 7 normal volunteers and 12 patients, the total mobile phosphate content of breast carcinomas was found to be at least two to three times higher than that of the normal breast measured off menstruation. The metabolite profiles of normal and tumorous breasts are coarsely similar. In both cases the intracellular pH (pHi) was either neutral or slightly alkaline (pH greater than 7.0). Prior to treatments, the metabolite levels of phosphoryl monoester-to-ATP ratio of breast neoplasms were higher than those of the controls and decreased after the patients received a few treatments while the pHi fluctuated at a value greater than 7.0. The phosphoryl diester-to-ATP ratio also demonstrated to a lesser extent a decreasing trend in response to therapy.
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- T C Ng
- Department of Radiation Therapy, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44106
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