# Altering Diet to Enhance Cancer Treatment Response - NCI

> An NCI-supported study found that mice fed a very low methionine diet responded better to chemotherapy and radiation, with tumors shrinking more. A small human trial showed methionine levels fell in six adults on such a diet.

- Date: 2019-09-03 · published 2019-09-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57408-altering-diet-to-enhance-cancer-treatment-response-nci
- Commodities: [Methionine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/METH.md)

## Why it matters

This is medical research on cancer treatment and has no practical effect on feed commodity markets.

## Sources

- cancer.gov: https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2019/targeting-cancer-metabolism-low-methionine-diet

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