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In Europe, about 73 000 persons/year get cancer in the head and neck region. The treatment for oral cancer vary depending on tumour site and stage. Some subjects undergo surgery, some subjects are treated with chemotherapy in combination with the radiation and in some cases brachytherapy is used.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Assess the impact of a low-carbohydrate normocaloric diet on transporter of the outer mitochondrial membrane subunit 20 (TOMM20) expression by immunohistochemistry (IHC) in carcinoma cells and the impact of a low-carbohydrate normocaloric diet on monocarboxylate transporter 4
A large weight loss as a result of a longer period (>30 days) of starvation or semi-starvation will result in a metabolic adaptation to the decreased food intake. To prevent the degradation of muscle mass into gluco- and ketogenic amino acids to be used for energy production, a shift from