Every cell needs energy which comes from glucose. If we apply this cellular property then, can we say that the glucose proliferate cancer cells?
True and cancer cells need more energy than usual normal cells this is why they mediate angiogenesis, the process by which more blood vessels form around the cells and hence more nutrients and energy. hope this helps
Some data alreadys showed that cancer cell growth is related with matablism which is related with glucose. i ttreated canceer cells with different concentration of glucose, it did has an effect on cancer cell.
FWIW, isn't it unlikely you'd be able to change blood glucose levels in a patient to a level low enough to have much effect, except maybe with a strict ketogenic diet?
Many researchers starting from Otto Warburg showed that cancer cell uses glucose for proliferation. Cancer cells have a much higher rate of glucose uptake and utilization than normal cells as it is indicated in many literature. Look at journals that link metabolism and cancer.
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Cancer cells uitilize glucose as well as normal cells in the cancer pattient. Even immunocells, which produce antibodies against cancer cells need glucose. You can't reduce body glucose as much as you need do reduce growth of cancer cells without impairung immunocells. Ironically spoken, the best cure from existing cancer cells ist zero glucose. But what happens then to the patient?
Agree with the comments. My two cents on the concept: elevated glucose is often associated with states of insulin resistance which are also characterized by hyperinsulinemia. One would argue that in such situations the elevated insulin is more likely to be the one responsible for tumor growth than glucose alone. No doubt, however, that there is a synergy between the two (insulin and glucose). Thus, addressing the insulin resistance is the key factor
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