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Title: Metabolic management of glioblastoma multiforme using standard therapy together with a restricted ketogenic diet: Case Report
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URL Source: http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/7/1/33/abstract
Published: Aug 25, 2010
Author: Giulio Zuccoli1,5 , Norina Marcello2 , A
Post Date: 2010-08-25 14:32:10 by gengis gandhi
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Metabolic management of glioblastoma multiforme using standard therapy together with a restricted ketogenic diet: Case Report Giulio Zuccoli1,5 , Norina Marcello2 , Anna Pisanello2 , Franco Servadei3 , Salvatore Vaccaro4 , Purna Mukherjee6 and Thomas N Seyfried6 1 Radiology Department, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio E. 42100, Italy 2 Neurology Department, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio E. 42100, Italy 3 Neurosurgery Department, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio E. 42100, Italy 4 Nutrition Department, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio E. 42100, Italy 5 Current address: Radiology Department University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15201, USA 6 Biology Department, Boston College, Boston, MA 02467, USA author email corresponding author email

Nutrition & Metabolism 2010, 7:33doi:10.1186/1743-7075-7-33

Published: 22 April 2010 Abstract

Background Management of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) has been difficult using standard therapy (radiation with temozolomide chemotherapy). The ketogenic diet is used commonly to treat refractory epilepsy in children and, when administered in restricted amounts, can also target energy metabolism in brain tumors. We report the case of a 65-year-old woman who presented with progressive memory loss, chronic headaches, nausea, and a right hemisphere multi-centric tumor seen with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Following incomplete surgical resection, the patient was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme expressing hypermethylation of the MGMT gene promoter.

Methods Prior to initiation of the standard therapy, the patient conducted water-only therapeutic fasting and a restricted 4:1 (fat: carbohydrate + protein) ketogenic diet that delivered about 600 kcal/day. The patient also received the restricted ketogenic diet concomitantly during the standard treatment period. The diet was supplemented with vitamins and minerals. Steroid medication (dexamethasone) was removed during the course of the treatment. The patient was followed using MRI and positron emission tomography with fluoro-deoxy-glucose (FDG-PET).

Results After two months treatment, the patient's body weight was reduced by about 20% and no discernable brain tumor tissue was detected using either FDG-PET or MRI imaging. Biomarker changes showed reduced levels of blood glucose and elevated levels of urinary ketones. MRI evidence of tumor recurrence was found 10 weeks after suspension of strict diet therapy.

Conclusion This is the first report of confirmed GBM treated with standard therapy together with a restricted ketogenic diet. As rapid regression of GBM is rare in older patients following incomplete surgical resection and standard therapy alone, the response observed in this case could result in part from the action of the calorie restricted ketogenic diet. Further studies are needed to evaluate the efficacy of restricted ketogenic diets, administered alone or together with standard treatment, as a therapy for GBM and possibly other malignant brain tumors.

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#1. To: gengis gandhi (#0)

Brains are mostly fat, aren't they? Fat is brain food.

So that's what they tell us not to eat.

“Ask any Indian nation how it preserves itself. It isn’t by letting anyone and everyone claim to be Indian. There are exceptions, but they are not the rule.” -- Eric Holder

Prefrontal Vortex  posted on  2010-08-25   14:54:50 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

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