The Ketogenic Diet in the Treatment of Malignant Glioma: Mechanistic Effects on Hypoxia and Angiogenesis

abstract: Patients with malignant brain tumors have a median survival of approximately 15 months following diagnosis, regardless of currently available treatments which include surgery followed by radiation and chemotherapy. Improvement in the survival of brain cancer patients requires the design of...

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Other Authors: Woolf, Eric Christopher (Author)
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.25824