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Does the difference in metabolic pathway lead to e.g. different waste products present in the blood? I.e. could you do a blood test to detect elevated levels o
by jacobn 6y ago
Does the difference in metabolic pathway lead to e.g. different waste products present in the blood?
I.e. could you do a blood test to detect elevated levels of fermentation-based metabolism, indicating that it might be time to do a deeper cancer screen?
- paxswill 6y agoLactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) is one test that uses this effect and it is used for monitoring some cancers. It's non-specific to cancer, but elevated levels can be cause by a range of not-great conditions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactate_dehydrogenase#Testing_in_cancer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactate_dehydrogenase#Testing_...