METHODS AND NUTRITIONAL FORMULATIONS FOR INCREASING EFFECTIVENESS AND REDUCING SIDE EFFECTS OF CANCER TREATMENT

摘要

FIELD: medicine.SUBSTANCE: present group of inventions refers to medicine, namely to oncology and nutritional science, and concerns methods and nutritional formulations for increasing the effectiveness and reducing side effects of cancer treatment. To do this, a diet containing no more than 50% of the reference calorie intake with at least 50% of this value taken from fat is prescribed to the patient for the first 1-5 days. That is followed by prescribing a low-calorie diet of no more than 500 kcal a day to the patient for the next 2-7 days.EFFECT: method provides cancer cell sensitisation to chemo- and/or radiation therapy increasing the anti-cancer effectiveness and reducing side effects.28 cl, 57 dwg, 3 tbl