A PLATEFUL OF MEDICINE.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Kaiser, Jocelyn
- Source
- Science; 4/2/2021, Vol. 371 Issue 6537, p20-23, 4p, 1 Color Photograph, 1 Diagram
- Subject
- Makker, Vicky
Ketogenic diet
Endometrial cancer
Cancer cells
Diet in disease
- Language
- ISSN
- 00368075
The article informs that New York City medical oncologist Vicky Makker is putting patients with recurrence of endometrial cancer on a ketogenic diet. It is noted that the diet will render tumors more vulnerable to the drug, that blocks growth-promoting pathway in cells. It is noted that ketogenic diet also compels the liver to turn excess fat into molecules called ketone bodies that glucose-craving cancer cells struggle to burn for energy.