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Editorial
. 2018 Feb 11;10(2):164-165.
doi: 10.18632/aging.101382.

Ketogenic diet in cancer therapy

Daniela D Weber  1 , Sepideh Aminazdeh-Gohari  1 , Barbara Kofler  1
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Editorial

Ketogenic diet in cancer therapy

Daniela D Weber et al. Aging (Albany NY). .
No abstract available

Keywords: adjuvant therapy; ketogenic diet; tumor metabolism.

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Preclinical evidence indicating the effect of a KD on tumor growth and progression. The bar chart shows the number of preclinical studies, which investigated the effect of a KD on different types of cancer. Colors of the bars represent the result of each study as indicated in the color key. Studies on KD and cancer were collected by a literature search covering through the end of 2017. R indicates studies with a calorie-restricted KD; T indicates use of a KD as an adjuvant therapy to classic therapy.
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