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The prostate-cancer metabolome

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Non-invasive detection and prognostic evaluation of cancer represents a formidable challenge. Studies of the entire metabolite composition of cells promise advances towards this objective for prostate cancer.

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Figure 1: Metabolomics in the bigger picture.

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  1. Cory Abate-Shen is in the Departments of Urology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032, USA. cabateshen@columbia.ed,

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  2. and Michael M. Shen is in the Departments of Medicine and of Genetics and Development, Pathology, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032, USA. mshen@columbia.edu,

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