This review summarizes the roles of ketone bodies in cancer biology and the possible mechanisms by which they inhibit tumor growth. It notes that cancer cells maintain higher levels of reactive oxygen species and rely heavily on glucose for glycolysis and the pentose phosphate pathway. Based on this tumor metabolism, it states that ketogenic diets or ketone supplementation showed a positive therapeutic advantage in a broad range of malignancies.
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