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[[File:CancerAwareness.jpg|right|thumb|500px|Cancer is a leading cause of death in the western world, accounting for 1,600 deaths per day in the US alone.]]
The [[Ketogenic Diet]] may help with the treatment of cancer, including brain tumors<ref name="Seyfried-2011"/><ref name="Seyfried-2009"/><ref name="Seyfried-2005"/>. Must of the available information comes from animal experiments, backed up with a few human case studies, but things look promising and [http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/search/view?cdrid=742309&version=HealthProfessional human trials are occurring]. There are even researchers who believe that the origin of cancer lies with metabolic abnormalities that lead to genetic problems rather than the genetic problems being the root cause<ref name="SeyfriedFlores2013"/>. Note that while the [[Ketogenic Diet as a Treatment| Ketogenic Diet may help with a number of diseases]], the [[Health Risks of the Ketogenic Diet| Ketogenic Diet also has some health risks]].
=How the Ketogenic Diet may help=
There may be several mechanisms behind the effect of the ketogenic diet on cancer.