ArticleBMJ case reports2015
Water-only fasting and an exclusively plant foods diet in the management of stage IIIa, low-grade follicular lymphoma.
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- Is fasting safe? A chart review of adverse events during medically supervised, water-only fasting.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2018Trial
- Dietary Quality Along a Plant-Based Continuum: The Role of Added Salt, Oil, and Sugar in Chronic Disease Risk.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Prolonged Water-Only Fasting Followed by a Whole-Plant-Food Diet Promotes Fat-Free Mass Recovery and Continued Fat Mass Loss in Adults With Overweight or Obesity.Obesity science & practice · 2025Article
- Prolonged water-only fasting in the management of low-grade follicular lymphoma: a case series.Journal of medical case reports · 2024Article
- Ketogenic metabolic therapy in conjunction with standard treatment for glioblastoma: A case report.Oncology letters · 2024Article
- Metabolic Strategies in Healthcare: A New Era.Aging and disease · 2022Article
- Feasibility and Safety of a Combined Metabolic Strategy in Glioblastoma Multiforme: A Prospective Case Series.Journal of oncology · 2022Article
- Placing a Well-Designed Vegan Diet for Slovenes.Nutrients · 2021Review
- Follow-up of water-only fasting and an exclusively plant food diet in the management of stage IIIa, low-grade follicular lymphoma.BMJ case reports · 2018Article
- Oxidative Priority, Meal Frequency, and the Energy Economy of Food and Activity: Implications for Longevity, Obesity, and Cardiometabolic Disease.Metabolic syndrome and related disorders · 2017Review
- Metabolic Alterations at the Crossroad of Aging and Oncogenesis.International review of cell and molecular biology · 2017Review
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Abstract
Follicular lymphoma (FL), the second most common non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), is well characterised by a classic histological appearance and an indolent course. Current treatment protocols for FL range from close observation to immunotherapy, chemotherapy and/or radiotherapies. We report the case of a 42-year-old woman diagnosed by excisional biopsy with stage IIIa, grade 1 FL. In addition to close observation, the patient underwent a medically supervised, 21-day water-only fast after which enlarged lymph nodes were substantially reduced in size. The patient then consumed a diet of minimally processed plant foods free of added sugar, oil and salt (SOS), and has remained on the diet since leaving the residential facility. At 6 and 9-month follow-up visits, the patient's lymph nodes were non-palpable and she remained asymptomatic. This case establishes a basis for further studies evaluating water-only fasting and a plant foods, SOS-free diet as a treatment protocol for FL.
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