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Table 1 Before ERKD clinical summary

From: Treatment of glioma patients with ketogenic diets: report of two cases treated with an IRB-approved energy-restricted ketogenic diet protocol and review of the literature

Pt. no.

Age

Sex

Pathological diagnosis

Tumor locations

Before treatment

1

55

M

GBM

Rt. post cerebral cortex

Surgery, Rad-TX TMZ

2

52

M

GBM

Lt. post cerebral cortex

Surgery, Rad-TX TMZ

3 [16]

3

F

Anaplastic astrocytoma stage (IV)

Entire spinal chord

Rad-TX, Chemo-TX

4 [16]

8.5

F

Cerebellar, low-grade astrocytoma Dx, age 6 years, second surgery cerebellar astrocytoma grade III

Cerebellum

Surgery, age 6, removed 95% of cerebellum; second surgery, age 8, Chemo-TX-CDDP

5 [17]

65

F

GBM

Rt. hemisphere multi-centric location (MRI) shift of Lt. midline structures

Surgery

6 [18]

5

M

Juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma

Thalamus hypothalamus

Chemo-TX, surgery

7 [19]

40

M

GBM

Lt. partial cerebral mass

Surgery, gliadel wafers, Rad-TX, TMZ, Avastin

  1. GBM, glioblastoma multiforme; RT, radiation therapy; TMZ, temozomide; MCT, medium chain triglyceride; CDDP, cisplantin; Rad-Tx, radiation therapy; Chemo-TX, chemotherapy.