Integrating dietary treatments with chemotherapy and immunotherapy has emerged as a viable technique to improve cancer treatment success in recent years. One such example are ketogenic diets, which have garnered attention for their anti-tumor and anti-inflammatory characteristics among various dietary treatments. This review examines the effect of a ketogenic diet in combination with chemotherapy or immunotherapy on cancer patient survival rates.

In the past century, the two most prominent causes of death have been heart disease and cancer [1]. Heart disease disproportionately affects older adults, and cancer typically follows a similar pattern. One exception to this is testicular cancer, which in contrast to most types of cancer, occurs most often in 25-45 year old males [2, 3]. Another defining feature of testicular cancer is the extremely high ...

Breast cancer is the second most fatal cancer to women worldwide, and although early detection screening and treatments have improved, there is still a high death rate. The American Cancer Society predicts a death toll of 40,890 women in 2016 due to breast cancer. Most of these fatalities will result from metastasis, in which cancer cells in the body grow to large proportions, disrupting ...

The human body’s immune system has been developed to successfully battle foreign invaders including bacteria, parasites, and viruses. Immunotherapy is the idea that the power of the immune system can be utilized against diseases such as cancer. Typically, the immune system does not harm the body’s own cells, preventing it from being extremely effective against cancer. However with ...