Targeting cancer with tumor-specific therapeutic strategies-metabolic reprogramming beyond the Warburg effect

Paul Grippo¹, Ajay V Maker^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
² Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
³ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.

Comment

Paul Grippo et al. Transl Cancer Res. 2017 May.

. 2017 May;6(Suppl 3):S585-S586.

doi: 10.21037/tcr.2017.05.13.

Paul Grippo¹, Ajay V Maker^{2

3}

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
² Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
³ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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