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| Title |
Effects of a ketogenic diet on the quality of life in 16 patients with advanced cancer: A pilot trial
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| Published in |
Nutrition & Metabolism, July 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1743-7075-8-54 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Melanie Schmidt, Nadja Pfetzer, Micheal Schwab, Ingrid Strauss, Ulrike Kämmerer |
| Abstract |
Tumor patients exhibit an increased peripheral demand of fatty acids and protein. Contrarily, tumors utilize glucose as their main source of energy supply. Thus, a diet supplying the cancer patient with sufficient fat and protein for his demands while restricting the carbohydrates (CHO) tumors thrive on, could be a helpful strategy in improving the patients' situation. A ketogenic diet (KD) fulfills these requirements. Therefore, we performed a pilot study to investigate the feasibility of a KD and its influence on the quality of life of patients with advanced metastatic tumors. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 67 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 16% |
| Japan | 6 | 9% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 9% |
| Ireland | 2 | 3% |
| Canada | 2 | 3% |
| Australia | 1 | 1% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| France | 1 | 1% |
| Hungary | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 3 | 4% |
| Unknown | 33 | 49% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 51 | 76% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 9 | 13% |
| Scientists | 4 | 6% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 3% |
| Unknown | 1 | 1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 388 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | <1% |
| Australia | 2 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Israel | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 381 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 93 | 24% |
| Student > Bachelor | 60 | 15% |
| Researcher | 36 | 9% |
| Other | 31 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 26 | 7% |
| Other | 61 | 16% |
| Unknown | 81 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 111 | 29% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 55 | 14% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 40 | 10% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 34 | 9% |
| Psychology | 9 | 2% |
| Other | 47 | 12% |
| Unknown | 92 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 131. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 March 2024.
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