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Acknowledgements

U. Kämmerer has received Grants from the German Society for Clinical Nutrition (DGEM) for her research. A. Poff is a scientific advisor for Pruvit Ventures, LLC, and holds a patent “Targeting Cancer with Metabolic Therapy and Hyperbaric Oxygen” (#PCT/US2013/072333). D. P. D’Agostino holds a patent “Targeting cancer with metabolic therapy” (#USF/WO2014085652AI).

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  1. Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, Leopoldina Hospital Schweinfurt, Robert-Koch-Str. 10, 97422, Schweinfurt, Germany

    Rainer J. Klement

  2. SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA

    Richard D. Feinman & Eugene J. Fine

  3. University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

    Elena C. Gross

  4. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Colin E. Champ

  5. University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

    Dominic P. D’Agostino & Angela Poff

  6. Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA

    Eugene J. Fine

  7. University Hospital of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

    Ulrike Kämmerer

  8. Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Jong M. Rho

  9. Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA

    Thomas N. Seyfried

  10. Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA

    Adrienne C. Scheck

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Klement, R.J., Feinman, R.D., Gross, E.C. et al. Need for new review of article on ketogenic dietary regimes for cancer patients. Med Oncol 34, 108 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12032-017-0968-4

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