Fasting and Radiation Therapy

Mon, 1 Oct 2012 16:00:00 -0500

PLOS One shows that short-term fasting in mice appears to improve the effectiveness of radiation and chemotherapy in treating gliomas. Here Longo works in his laboratory. Photo by Dietmar Quistorf." title="USC Dornsife's Valter Longo's latest study published in PLOS One shows that short-term fasting in mice appears to improve the effectiveness of radiation and chemotherapy in treating gliomas. Here Longo works in his laboratory. Photo by Dietmar Quistorf." /> A new study published in PLOS One and led by USC Dornsife’s Valter Longo finds that controlled short-term fasting in mice improved the effectiveness of radiation and chemotherapy in treating gliomas, the most commonly diagnosed brain tumor.

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Fasting and Radiation Therapy