Table 1.

GLUT-1 overexpression and relation to cancer prognosis in patient biopsy samples

Tissue of origin	Fold-overexpression	Assessment method	Association with poor prognosis or survival?	Reference
Adrenal gland	Not quantified	Immunohistochemistry	Yes	[21]
Bladder	Not quantified	Immunohistochemistry	Yes	[22]
Breast	2.8	RT-PCR	Not determined	[23]
Head and neck	2.1	RT-PCR	Yes	[24]
Hepatocellular	≤ 50	RT-qPCR	Not determined	[25]
Oral	Not quantified	Immunohistochemistry	Yes	[7]
Ovarian	Not quantified	Immunohistochemistry	Yes	[26]
Prostate	≤ 2	RT-qPCR	Yes	[27]
Rectal	Not quantified	Immunohistochemistry	Yes	[28]
Renal	≤ 10	RT-qPCR	Not determined	[29]