Table 1.
High PME | High PDE | High Pi | Low PCr | |
HCC | 91% (of 11 cases) | 75% (of 4 cases) | 0% (of 4 cases) | 100% (of 11 cases) |
Liver metastasis | 100% (of 7 cases) | 33% (of 6 cases) | 17% (of 6 cases) | 100% (of 4 cases) |
Liver lymphoma | 100% (of 6 cases) | 17% (of 6 cases) | 100% (of 6 cases) | 100% (of 6 cases) |
“High” and “low” levels are relative to the amount in normal or benign tissue (from Negendank[70]). PME: Phosphomonoesters; PDE: Phosphodiesters; Pi: Inorganic phosphate; PCr: Phosphorylated creatine; HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma.