Phillip G. Febbo, MD (Damon Runyon-Lilly Clinical Investigator ‘05-‘10) of Duke University Medical Center, Durham, and colleagues reported the results of a study comparing prostate tumor growth in mice fed diets with differing amounts of carbohydrates.  Animals that were fed a no-carbohydrate diet survived 40 to 50 percent longer than the mice fed a higher carbohydrate diet.  The researchers will begin recruiting patients for a clinical trial to determine if restricting carbohydrates in patients with prostate cancer can similarly slow tumor growth.  This report was published in the journal Cancer Prevention Research.

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