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Modified Atkins diet in advanced malignancies - final results of a safety and feasibility trial within the Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System

BACKGROUND: Dysfunctional mitochondrial processes limit malignant cells ability to use energy from fatty acids and ketones. Animal studies using ketogenic diets for cancer show encouraging results. We tested the diet’s safety and feasibility in cancer patients across a broad variety of solid tumors....

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Autores principales: Tan-Shalaby, Jocelyn L., Carrick, Jennifer, Edinger, Krystal, Genovese, Dana, Liman, Andrew D., Passero, Vida A., Shah, Rashmikant B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4983076/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27525031
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12986-016-0113-y