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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2006
Anthony P. Heaney, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Hongxiang Hui, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Alan Waxman, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Anthony P. Heaney, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Hongxiang Hui, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Alan Waxman, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to compositions, methods utilizing fructose and other monosaccharides for the diagnosis of cancer. Cancer cells have shown a higher level of fructose utilization as compared to glucose. Further, cancer cells have shown a preferential use of fructose for nucleic acid synthesis. The present invention takes advantage of these features and provides for fructose or fructose-based compositions for the diagnosis of cancer using imaging techniques such as positron emission tomography.