Glucose transporters 1, 3, 6, and 10 are expressed in gastric cancer and glucose transporter 3 is associated with UICC stage and survival

Conclusions All of the analyzed glucose transporters were expressed in a significant proportion of the gastric cancer samples. Glut-3 was associated with higher UICC stage and inferior prognosis. These findings are relevant to therapeutic approaches that target glucose metabolism as well as to imaging using radioactively labeled glucose.
Source: Gastric Cancer - Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: research