Chemo-tolerance and sensitization by short-term fasting: The autophagy connection

Preclinical studies suggest that fasting prior to chemotherapy may be an effective strategy to protect patients against the adverse effects of chemo-toxicity. Fasting may also sensitize cancer cells to chemotherapy. It is further suggested that fasting may similarly augment the efficacy of oncolytic...

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Main Authors: Gustav Van Niekerk, Suzèl Hatting, Anna-Mart Engelbrecht
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2016.00242/full