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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 20.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 Dec 14;109(4):1019–1025. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.10.061

Figure 1: Study design and protocol.

Figure 1:

Study design of patient imaging, infusion and analysis. FDG-PET/CT-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomogram - computed tomogram; [U-13C]glucose-ubiquitously labeled 13C glucose. B) Schematic of the potential fates of glucose in a tumor. Glucose carbons are used in multiple energy-producing and biosynthetic pathways.