Overexpression of Glut-1 and increased g
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Martin Kunkel; Torsten E. Reichert; Peter Benz; Hans-Anton Lehr; Jong-Hyeon Jeon
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Article
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2003
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract ## BACKGROUND The overexpression of glucose transporters, especially of Glutβ1, is a common characteristic of human malignancies, including head and neck carcinoma. Recently, the assessment of glucose metabolism in the tumor with [^18^F]β2βfluoroβ2 deoxyβDβglucose (FDG) and positron em