Safety and Feasibility of Fasting-Mimicking Diet and Effects on Nutritional Status and Circulating Metabolic and Inflammatory Factors in Cancer Patients Undergoing Active Treatment

Safety and Feasibility of Fasting-Mimicking Diet and Effects on Nutritional Status and Circulating Metabolic and Inflammatory Factors in Cancer Patients Undergoing Active Treatment

In preclinical studies, fasting was found to potentiate the effects of several anticancer treatments, and early clinical studies indicated that patients may benefit from regimes of modified fasting. However, concerns remain over possible negative impact on the patients’ nutritional status. We assess...

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Main Authors: Francesca Valdemarin, Irene Caffa, Angelica Persia, Anna Laura Cremonini, Lorenzo Ferrando, Luca Tagliafico, Alberto Tagliafico, Ana Guijarro, Federico Carbone, Stefano Ministrini, Maria Bertolotto, Pamela Becherini, Tommaso Bonfiglio, Chiara Giannotti, Amr Khalifa, Moustafa Ghanem, Michele Cea, Marzia Sucameli, Roberto Murialdo, Valentina Barbero, Raffaella Gradaschi, Francesca Bruzzone, Consuelo Borgarelli, Matteo Lambertini, Claudio Vernieri, Gabriele Zoppoli, Valter D. Longo, Fabrizio Montecucco, Samir G. Sukkar, Alessio Nencioni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-08-01
Series:Cancers
Subjects:
modified fasting
cancer metabolism
feasibility
safety
circulating growth factors
body composition
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/13/16/4013

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