BACKGROUND: Metabolomic characterization of tumours can potentially improve prediction of cancer prognosis and treatment response. Here, we describe efforts to validate previous metabolomic findings using a historical cohort of breast cancer patients and discuss challenges with u...
Lipid metabolism drives cancer progression but is difficult to model using conventional methods. In vivo models provide circulating lipids, but are costly and low throughput, while in vitro models lack sufficient lipid availability in culture media. Here, we evaluate the chick chorioallantoic mem...
Metastatic breast tumors must adapt to the metabolic constraints of their target tissues. To understand how tumor metabolism varies across sites, we compared glucose utilization in primary mammary fat pad (MFP) tumors and brain metastases derived from the breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231. Tumor...