Metabolic reprogramming induced by ketone bodies diminishes pancreatic cancer cachexia

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4165433/

Conclusions

Thus, our studies demonstrate that the cachectic phenotype is in part due to metabolic alterations in tumor cells, which can be reverted by a ketogenic diet, causing reduced tumor growth and inhibition of muscle and body weight loss