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- Title
Targeting insulin inhibition as a metabolic therapy in advanced cancer: a pilot safety and feasibility dietary trial in 10 patients.
- Authors
Fine, Eugene J; Segal-Isaacson, C J; Feinman, Richard D; Herszkopf, Silvia; Romano, Maria C; Tomuta, Norica; Bontempo, Amanda F; Negassa, Abdissa; Sparano, Joseph A
- Abstract
Most aggressive cancers demonstrate a positive positron emission tomographic (PET) result using ¹⁸F-2-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose (FDG), reflecting a glycolytic phenotype. Inhibiting insulin secretion provides a method, consistent with published mechanisms, for limiting cancer growth.
- Publication
Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.), 2012, Vol 28, Issue 10, p1028
- ISSN
1873-1244
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.nut.2012.05.001