INTRODUCTION: Dichloroacetate (DCA) is a pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDK) inhibitor and is found to be an anti-cancer agent [1]. It causes the activation of pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) and increased glucose oxidation by promoting the influx of acetyl-CoA into the mitochondria and the Krebs cycle [1]. The hyperpolarised C experiment measures the conversion of labelled pyruvate to labelled la...