Pretreatment with alternate day modified fast will permit higher dose and frequency of cancer chemotherapy and better cure rates

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 381-382

  Johnson, J B ^a   John, S ^a   Laub, D R ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ETOPOSIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CANCER CELL; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL KILLING; CELL STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENERGY RESOURCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEEDING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUNCHED BACK; MORBIDITY; MOUSE; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUFFLED HAIR; SIDE EFFECT; STARVATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FASTING; MICE; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MUS;

EID: 60449086832     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.07.064     Document Type: Article

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