Summary Different therapeutic modalities are used for the treatment of cancer patients. One of the important cures is the use of immunotherapy. In this therapy, different drugs, vaccines, or antibodies are given to the patient that will boost the immune system of a patient to act strongly against the tumors. But this therapy has many […]
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Introduction Cancer cells have many hallmarks that differentiate them from normal cells. One of them is that the malignant cells have a high glucose metabolism rate as compared to those of normal cells. Because tumor cells have increased proliferation ability and growth rate, they need more energy in the form of ATP. Hence, they use more glucose to produce ATP
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Summary Chemotherapy is an essential therapeutic strategy used for many years to treat cancer patients. But the chemotherapeutic drugs used have many side effects on the patient body. The tumor size may get reduced after the treatment. But it reoccurs in the patient after some time. To overcome these limitations of Chemotherapy. We have discussed combining therapy, glucose antimetabolite called 2-deoxy-D-glucose, and Chemotherapy. This shows
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