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Depending on the tumor, feeding it well may increase its sensitivity to chemotherapy. On the other hand, I've read recently that fasting improved chemo toleran
by pygy_ 10y ago
Depending on the tumor, feeding it well may increase its sensitivity to chemotherapy.
On the other hand, I've read recently that fasting improved chemo tolerance because it puts healthy cells at rest while the cancerous ones are oblivious to the reduced calories intake... Not sure if it is universal. Such an early study was likely targeted a specific kind of cancer.
- digi_owl 10y agoWell the article tried to stress that what they wrote about didn't apply to all cancers. Also, seem to me the basic complication of dealing with cancers is that anything that will kill a cancer cell is likely to also kill healthy cells. So inversely, whatever you do to keep the patient alive is likely to also exasperate the cancer problem.
- mmargerum 10y agoThere's a therapy called IPT Insulin Potentiation Therapy which allows for much lower doses of chemotherapy