Real-time lipid patterns can identify liver tumors and their inter-tumor and intra-tumor heterogeneity. Ceramides and related sphingolipids are a common feature of necrotic tumors and can characterize the tumor phenotype based on metabolic shifts relevant for cell death pathways. Lipid patterns have the potential to improve clinical decision-making in the near future.
- Pierre-Maxence Vaysse
- Heike I. Grabsch
- Tiffany Porta Siegel
