1) Genome-scale metabolic network reconstruction allows for predictive modeling of cancer metabolism through metabolic networks.
2) By constructing cell-specific metabolic networks for cancerous cells using systems biology approaches like genome-scale modeling, the metabolic phenotypes of cancers can be determined.
3) Case studies have used constraint-based modeling techniques like flux balance analysis on reconstructed human metabolic networks to predict cancer-specific drug targets and metabolic liabilities by integrating omics data from cancer datasets.