The Role of Glucose Modulation and Dietary Supplementation in Patients With Central Nervous System Tumors.

ABSTRACT:

Opinion statement

Central nervous system gliomas are the most common primary brain tumor, and these are most often high-grade gliomas. Standard therapy includes a combination of surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy which provides a modest increase in survival, but virtually, no patients are cured, the overall prognosis remains poor, and new therapies are desperately needed. Tumor metabolism is a well-recognized but understudied therapeutic approach to treating cancers. Dietary and nondietary modulation of glucose homeostasis and the incorporation of dietary supplements and other natural substances are potentially important interventions to affect cancer cell growth, palliate symptoms, reduce treatment-associated side effects, and improve the quality and quantity of life in patients

SUBMITTER: Strowd RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4856006 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature