Evidence linking metabolic alterations to cancer progression is accumulating. It seems that cancer cells must sustain their energy production and remain well fed to survive detachment from their normal habitat.
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Gottlieb, E. The fat and the furious. Nature 461, 44–45 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/461044a
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