Diet change could make brain cancer easier to treat, early study hints

Coloured computed tomography (CT) scan of a section through the brain of an 84-year-old female patient with glioblastoma (dark, left). Glioblastoma is the most aggressive form of brain cancer. .

A dietary change may make the fatal brain cancer glioblastoma more vulnerable to cancer therapies, a new study suggests.

The researchers behind the work think this dietary change exploits a key metabolic vulnerability in the cancer, and their work demonstrates that the approach extends survival in mice when used in combination with chemoradiation therapy.