Lipotrope Nutrition and Cancer Chemotherapy (1987)

Title:

Lipotrope Nutrition and Cancer Chemotherapy

Key words:

choline, methionine, folic acid

Research Institution:

Boston University

Location:

Massachusetts

Researcher:

Adrianne E Rogers

Project Description:

Dr. Rogers studied how a deficiency of choline, methionine, or folic acid, which are nutrients central to one-carbon metabolism and cellular reproduction, can increase the risk of developing a second primary cancer in patients given chemotherapy, and how this might be prevented by dietary supplementation with choline.