Preliminary evidence on metabolic rehabilitation of cancer patients.
Pathways of metabolic rehabilitation of cancer patients are discussed. The effectiveness of a long-term carbohydrate, fat and cholesterol restricted diet and hypolipidemic and antidiabetic medication for breast, gastric and colorectal cancers was demonstrated for the first time. The results of gastro-intestinal cancer treatment were especially encouraging. Metabolic rehabilitation chiefly resulted in a lower frequency of metastatic spread. Also, its effect was seen in a rarer primary multiple tumor development. The results make a case for further development of investigations in normalizing fat-carbohydrate metabolism as adjuvant therapy for cancer in postoperative period.
Dilman
V M
VM
N. N. Petrov Research Institute of Oncology, USSR Ministry of Health, Leningrad.
Berstein
L M
LM
Yevtushenko
T P
TP
Tsyrlina
Y V
YV
Ostroumova
M N
MN
Bobrov YuF
Revskoy SYu
Kovalenko
I G
IG
Simonov
N N
NN
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000401:mortality / Q000534:rehabilitation; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000401:mortality / Q000534:rehabilitation; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000401:mortality / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011182:Postoperative Care; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000401:mortality / Q000534:rehabilitation; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000401:mortality / Q000534:rehabilitation; D013997:Time Factors