Letter to Editor about “Tumor Cells Growth and Survival Time with the Ketogenic Diet in Animal Models: A Systematic Review”

Shahabeddin Rezaei, Ahmed Abdulahi Abdurahman, Maryam Mahmoudi

Abstract


Dear Editor,
We have recently read with great interest the article, “Tumor cells growth and survival time with the ketogenic diet (KD) in animal models: A systematic review” that was written by Khodadadi et al.[1] The topic of the study is interesting and the authors tried to shed light on the probable beneficial effect of KD in cancer through retrieving animal studies. We would like to correct some aspects of this study.

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