Tag: Cancer

Results from a new study in mice suggest that omega-3 fatty acids may help immunotherapy and other treatments better fight cancer. Immunotherapy, which stimulates the body's immune system to attack cancer, has revolutionized cancer treatment, but it doesn't work for all patients. “Diet interventions can be powerful tools because they are relatively simple and inexpensive to implement,” says Abigail Kelly, research assistant at Harvard Medical School's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Our findings show that omega-3 supplementation has the potential to significantly improve immunotherapy and other anticancer drugs in the clinical...