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Ketogenic Diet

Ketogenic Diet is a cancer-related diet or nutrition protocol discussed for nutrition status, metabolic support, inflammation, digestion, immune resilience, treatment tolerance, or alternative cancer-treatment claims. In cancer care, it should be evaluated by evidence level, intended use, safety, interactions, and whether it is being used as conventional treatment, supportive care, an experimental adjunct, or an alternative claim.

Articles

The latest weapon against cancer is ... a keto diet?

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory / ScienceDaily | ScienceDaily | Both

Pancreatic cancer; colorectal cancer; ketogenic diet; cachexia

Research news summary noting ketogenic diets shrank pancreatic/colorectal tumors in mice but accelerated cachexia unless paired with a corticosteroid.

Could ketogenic diet be helpful with brain cancer?

American Academy of Neurology / ScienceDaily | ScienceDaily | Public / Patient

Brain cancer; glioma; ketogenic diet

Public research summary of a small Neurology study finding a modified ketogenic diet was safe and feasible in people with astrocytomas after chemoradiation; not designed to prove survival benefit.

Keto Staves Off Deadly Glioblastoma

Dr. Joseph Mercola | Mercola | Public / Patient

Brain cancer; glioblastoma; ketogenic diet; Mercola

Mercola article discussing Thomas Seyfried-related ketogenic metabolic therapy ideas and a glioblastoma case report. Added as public natural-health content that should be compared against clinical evidence.

The use of ketogenic diets in cancer patients: a systematic review

Maximilian Romer; Jennifer Dorfler; Jutta Huebner | PubMed Central / Clinical and Experimental Medicine | Medical / Staff

Cancer; ketogenic diet; nutrition; quality of life; adverse events

Systematic review of ketogenic diets in cancer patients, including clinical evidence, quality of life, adverse events, and adherence.

A Ketogenic Diet May Be the Key to Cancer Recovery

Dr. Joseph Mercola | Mercola | Public / Patient

Cancer; brain cancer; ketogenic diet; Mercola

Mercola article presenting ketogenic diet as a cancer-metabolism strategy and discussing brain cancer recovery claims. Added as public/patient natural-health content needing evidence review.
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