Fasting and its Therapeutic Impact in Brain Tumors

This article is an attempt to review a controversial strategy of modulating tumor biology by understanding their metabolic characteristics, how they differ from normal healthy cells, and implementing therapies that include nutritional interventions.SummaryAlthough fasting as part of the management of brain malignancies is controversial and may be contrary to popular opinion, developing supportive evidence in targeting their special metabolic profile is promising and fascinating.
Source: Current Surgery Reports - Category: Surgery Source Type: research