The Ketogenic Diet for Cancer
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 February 2022) | Viewed by 21485
Special Issue Editor
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Dear Colleagues,
Currently, the high-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet is attracting a great deal of attention in the field of cancer treatment. As metabolic alterations, e.g. the Warburg effect, are widespread in various cancer cells, the ketogenic diet is expected to improve the quality of life and prognosis of cancer patients. As Guest Editor of this timely Special Issue, I would like to invite you to contribute your original research articles or reviews on the ketogenic diet for cancer. In several preclinical studies of cancer model mice, the ketogenic diet alongside radiation or chemotherapy is promising. However, the results of early clinical trials of the ketogenic diet are controversial. I would like to discuss the molecular mechanisms of the ketogenic diet for cancer and the comparison with epilepsy therapy in children. I have shown the possibility of the new ketogenic diet regimen for cancer. I also would like to discuss the possibility of early clinical trial/case series and the adequate clinical trial protocol of the ketogenic diet for cancer. For that purpose, I also look forwards to reports on functional foods inducing ketones more efficiently. I invite you to contribute to our understanding of the above topics for this Special Issue relating to the ketogenic diet for cancer.
Dr. Keisuke Hagihara
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- molecular mechanism
- early clinical trial or case series
- clinical trial protocol
- functional food
- comparison between cancer and epilepsy treatment.
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