Starving cancer cells of fat may improve cancer treatment

Cancer cells salvage purine nucleotides—including dietary purines—to fuel tumor growth

Cancer cells salvage purine nucleotides to fuel tumor growth, including purines in foods we eat, an important discovery with implications for cancer therapies from research by Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern published in Cell.

July 19, 2024

Vol.50 No.29

Clinical Roundup

Plant-based diet tied to improved sexual health during prostate cancer treatment

A diet that limits meat and dairy but is rich in fruits, vegetables, grains, and nuts is linked to less erectile dysfunction, urinary incontinence, and other common side effects seen in prostate cancer patients, a new study shows.

February 16, 2024

Vol.50 No.07

In Brief

Sylvester, Dana-Farber researchers receive $7M from PCORI to study diet, exercise effects on mental and physical functioning in older cancer survivors

Researchers from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Dana Farber Cancer Institute have received $7 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to study how diet and exercise impact mental and physical functioning in older cancer survivors and their caregivers.

July 21, 2023

Vol.49 No.29

Clinical Roundup

Research finds dietary changes can reduce cancer-related fatigue

Researchers with The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center—Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute are investigating how dietary interventions could help reduce fatigue, improve diet quality and help cancer patients live an overall better quality of life.

February 10, 2023

Vol.49 No.06

Annals corrects NutriRECS red, processed meat papers to reflect industry-related funding from Texas A&M AgriLife

The Annals of Internal Medicine has published a correction to the controversial meta-analyses of health outcomes related to consumption of red and processed meat—announcing that the lead author of the journal's “new guidelines,” Bradley Johnston, didn't disclose funding from AgriLife Research.

January 10, 2020

Vol.46 No.02

By Matthew Bin Han Ong

Conversation with The Cancer Letter

AICR’s Brockton: Annals studies on red, processed meat don’t change facts on health outcomes; also, funding is “murky”

The recommendations on red and processed meats have not changed much over three decades, because the fact is that red and processed meats are associated with increased health risks, said Nigel Brockton, vice president of research at the American Institute for Cancer Research.

October 11, 2019

Vol.45 No.38

By Matthew Bin Han Ong

Starving cancer cells of fat may improve cancer treatment

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