Treatment of glioma patients with ketogenic diets: report of two cases treated with an IRB-approved energy-restricted ketogenic diet protocol and review of the literature.

Kenneth, Schwartz,; Howard T, Chang,; Michele, Nikolai,; Joseph, Pernicone,; Sherman, Rhee,; Karl, Olson,; Peter C, Kurniali,; Norman G, Hord,; Mary, Noel,

doi:10.1186/s40170-015-0129-1

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Treatment of glioma patients with ketogenic diets: report of two cases treated with an IRB-approved energy-restricted ketogenic diet protocol and review of the literature.

Published in Cancer & metabolism • Jan 1, 2015

Authors:

Schwartz, Kenneth

Chang, Howard T

Nikolai, Michele

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Based on the hypothesis that cancer cells may not be able to metabolize ketones as efficiently as normal brain cells, the ketogenic diet (KD) has been proposed as a complementary or alternative therapy for treatment of malignant gliomas. CASE PRESENTATION: We report here our experience i...

Subject

Humans

Ketogenic diet

Primary brain neoplasm

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