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To: Red Badger

“components that tumors need to build new cells and grow.”

Why would cancer cells have different nutritional needs from other cells?


3 posted on 12/06/2024 11:01:23 AM PST by cymbeline
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To: cymbeline

Why would cancer cells have different nutritional needs from other cells?

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Uh, maybe b because they are cancer cells, not normal, healthy cells.


17 posted on 12/06/2024 11:14:58 AM PST by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: cymbeline
Why would cancer cells have different nutritional needs from other cells?

In some Cancer cells mitochondria have their metabolism function altered.

It switches off the metabolism of sugar and switches on the metabolism of fat for the energy for cell use.

In the body the liver changes fructose in to fat.

29 posted on 12/06/2024 11:43:27 AM PST by Pontiac (esse welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: cymbeline

I don’t know the biological mechanism behind cancer cells demand for sugar.
But, the PETN scan uses a radioactive sugar for detecting cancer. The radiologically visible sugar concentrates in cancerous tumors.

Personally been through the process three times.


36 posted on 12/06/2024 12:07:38 PM PST by sjmjax
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To: cymbeline

A simple google search would have answered your question.

https://www.nature.com/articles/emm201385


47 posted on 12/06/2024 1:38:15 PM PST by Go_Raiders (An nescis, mi fili, quantilla prudentia mundus regatur? - Axel Oxenstierna)
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