Glucose metabolism of subcutaneous fat in de novo diagnosed pancreas carcinoma patients presenting with lymph node involvement and metastatic disease is significantly reduced and inversely correlated to the primary tumor metabolism. Of the various fat-related variables studied, none proved significantly related to outcome.
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