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. 2020 Aug 26;11(1):4274.
doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18194-1.

Fasting-mimicking diet plus chemotherapy in breast cancer treatment

Claudio Vernieri  1   2 , Francesca Ligorio  3 , Emma Zattarin  3 , Licia Rivoltini  4 , Filippo de Braud  3   5
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Fasting-mimicking diet plus chemotherapy in breast cancer treatment

Claudio Vernieri et al. Nat Commun. .

Abstract

A clinical trial published in Nature Communications examined the effect of fasting-mimicking diet (FMD) during chemotherapy in breast cancer patients. The overall negative study results highlight the need for ameliorating future trial design and investigating alternative FMD-based therapeutic combinations.

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Conflict of interest statement

C.V., L.R. and F.deB. were inventors of an FMD regimen that is being evaluated in the context of ongoing clinical trials in cancer patients.

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