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Table 3 Predominant forms of energy metabolism in various types of tumors [31]

From: Cancer as a dynamical phase transition

Tissue of Tumor

Cell Type

Predominant Energy Metabolism

Brain

Glioma

Glycolysis

Bone

Sarcoma

Oxidative phosphorylation

Colon

Colon adenocarcinoma

Glycolysis

Lung

Lung carcinoma

Oxidative phosphorylation

Skin

Melanoma

Oxidative phosphorylation