Figure 1.
Leucine-rich diet decreased tumour 18F-fludeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake and reduced number of metastases sites. (A) Graphic showing the standardized uptake values (SUVmax) values; (B) Metabolic tumour volume (MTV; cm3); (C) – Total lesion glycolysis (TLG, SUV [mean] × metabolic tumour volume) in Walker (W/Control) and leucine (LW) tumour-bearing groups; (D) Computed tomography (CT) image of hard tissues analysis; and (E) CT image of soft tissues analysis. The head arrows indicated metastases site. N = 4 animals per group for this analysis procedure. Graphics represent mean ± standard deviation. For details, see the Methods section. *P < 0.05 significance compared to W group (Student’s t-test).