Abstract: A compound having antiestrogenic activity is used in a method for the treatment of BC or other estrogen-responsive tumors in a human patient, wherein the method comprises subjecting the patient to a fasting mimicking diet for a period of 24-190 hours while the patient is being treated with the compound having antiestrogenic activity, which can be a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM), a selective estrogen receptor downregulator (SERD) or an aromatase inhibitor (AI).

Abstract: A therapeutic combination of a compound having antiestrogenic activity and a CDK4/6 inhibitor is used in a method for the treatment of BC or other estrogen-responsive tumors in a human patient, wherein the method comprises subjecting the patient to a fasting mimicking diet for a period of 24-190 hours while the patient is being treated with the therapeutic combination, in which the compound having antiestrogenic activity can be a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM), a selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD) or an aromatase inhibitor (AI).

Abstract: The use of and a method using a diet composition for enhancing lean body mass/muscle mass is provided. The diet composition includes a fasting-mimicking diet (FMD) component to be administered for a first time period of reduced calorie intake of 24 to 190 hours. The fasting-mimicking diet component provides less than 50% of the normal calorie intake of the subject with both protein restriction and sugar restriction. The diet composition can also include a re-feeding diet component to be administered for a second time period. Characteristically, the re-feeding diet component providing 60-100% of the normal calorie intake of the subject. Advantageously, the fasting-mimicking diet component and the re-feeding diet component are administered for multiple cycles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to at least one reduced caloric intake cycle and at least one immunotherapeutic agent for use in the treatment of cancer. Preferably the cancer is characterized by resistance or partial response to the treatment with at least one immunotherapeutic agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of fasting mimicking diet (FMD) to inhibit growth and/or kill cancer stem cells (CSCs) in combination with at least one anticancer agent selected from: an AKT inhibitor, an hexokinase inhibitor, a PI3K inhibitor, a combination of a PI3K inhibitor and a CDK4/6 inhibitor, or a combination of a mTOR inhibitor and a PI3K inhibitor. FMD in combination with the anticancer agent is particularly effective in the treatment of triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) and reduces cancer stem cells (CSCs) escape pathways. The invention further relates to a method to identify starvation escape pathways in cancer cells, which can be targeted by drugs.

Abstract: A method for treating depression in a human subject, which comprises administering for a first time period a fasting mimicking diet (FMD) component providing less than 50% of the normal calorie intake of the subject with both protein restriction and sugar restriction; and administering for a second time period a re-feeding diet component that provides 60-100% of the normal calorie intake of the subject; the fasting mimicking diet component and the re-feeding diet component are administered for multiple cycles, and the subject undergoes a psychotherapeutic treatment for the whole duration of the multiple cycles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the combination of a Fasting Mimicking Diet (FMD) and vitamin C (ascorbic acid) for use in the treatment of cancer. The combination is particularly useful in the treatment of KRAS mutant solid cancers.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods of inducing differential stress resistance in a subject with cancer by starving the subject for a short term, administering a cell growth inhibitor to the subject, or reducing the caloric or glucose intake by the subject. The induced differential stress resistance results in improved resistance to cytotoxicity in normal cells, which, in turn, reduces cytotoxic side-effects due to chemotherapy, as well as improved effectiveness of chemotherapeutic agents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the combination of at least one agent and a reduced calorie intake for use in the treatment of a blood cancer. In particular the agent is a CD20 inhibitor Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor, a phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibitor, a class I and/class II histone deacetylase inhibitor, a non-taxane replication inhibitor or a proteasome inhibitor. The combination is advantageous in that it sensitize cancer cells to said agent while it protects normal cells from toxicity induced by said agent.

Abstract: A tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) for use in a method for the treatment of cancer in a patient, wherein the method comprises subjecting the patient to reduced caloric intake, i.e a daily caloric intake reduced by 10-100%, including starvation, for a period of 24-190 hours and administering the tyrosine kinase inhibitor to the patient during such period; the tyrosine kinase inhibitor is preferably selected among Lapatinib, Crizotinib, Gefitinib, Erlotinib, Afatinib and Regorafenib.

Abstract: A diet composition for use in the prevention and/or the treatment of endometrial hyperplasia in a human subject is provided. It has a) a fasting mimicking diet component to be administered for a first period of time and providing less than 50% of the normal caloric intake of the subject with both protein restriction and sugar restriction; and b) a re-feeding diet component to be administered for a second time period, which provides 60-100% of the normal caloric intake of the subject, wherein the fasting mimicking diet component and the re-feeding diet component are administered over multiple cycles.

Abstract: A tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) for use in a method for the treatment of cancer in a patient, wherein the method comprises subjecting the patient to reduced caloric intake, i.e a daily caloric intake reduced by 10-100%, including starvation, for a period of 24-190 hours and administering the tyrosine kinase inhibitor to the patient during such period; the tyrosine kinase inhibitor is preferably selected among Lapatinib, Crizotinib, Gefitinib, Erlotinib, Afatinib and Regorafenib.

Abstract: A compound having antiestrogenic activity is used in a method for the treatment of BC or other estrogen-responsive tumors in a human patient, wherein the method comprises subjecting the patient to a fasting mimicking diet for a period of 24-190 hours while the patient is being treated with the compound having antiestrogenic activity, which can be a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM), a selective estrogen receptor downregulator (SERD) or an aromatase inhibitor (AI).

Abstract: A tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) for use in a method for the treatment of cancer in a patient, wherein the method comprises subjecting the patient to reduced caloric intake, i.e a daily caloric intake reduced by 10-100%, including starvation, for a period of 24-190 hours and administering the tyrosine kinase inhibitorto the patient during such period; the tyrosine kinase inhibitor is preferably selected among Lapatinib, Crizotinib, Gefitinib, Erlotinib, Afatinib and Regorafenib.

Abstract: A tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) for use in a method for the treatment of cancer in a patient, wherein the method comprises subjecting the patient to reduced caloric intake, i.e a daily caloric intake reduced by 10-100%, including starvation, for a period of 24-190 hours and administering the tyrosine kinase inhibitorto the patient during such period; the tyrosine kinase inhibitor is preferably selected among Lapatinib, Crizotinib, Gefitinib, Erlotinib, Afatinib and Regorafenib.

Abstract: The present invention relates to dietary compositions comprising reduced level of methionine, tryptophan, all amino acids, or protein, dietary compositions comprising glycerol as a substitute for monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides, and hypocaloric or calorie free diets with reduced level of energy, carbohydrates, or protein. Also disclosed are methods of using these compositions and diets, as well as fasting, to protect subjects against chemotherapy, radiotherapy, oxidative stress, or aging.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods of inducing differential stress resistance in a subject with cancer by starving the subject for a short term, administering a cell growth inhibitor to the subject, or reducing the caloric or glucose intake by the subject. The induced differential stress resistance results in improved resistance to cytotoxicity in normal cells, which, in turn, reduces cytotoxic side-effects due to chemotherapy, as well as improved effectiveness of chemotherapeutic agents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to dietary compositions comprising reduced level of methionine, tryptophan, all amino acids, or protein, dietary compositions comprising glycerol as a substitute for monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides, and hypocaloric or calorie free diets with reduced level of energy, carbohydrates, or protein. Also disclosed are methods of using these compositions and diets, as well as fasting, to protect subjects against chemotherapy, radiotherapy, oxidative stress, or aging.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods of inducing differential stress resistance in a subject with cancer by starving the subject for a short term, administering a cell growth inhibitor to the subject, or reducing the caloric or glucose intake by the subject. The induced differential stress resistance results in improved resistance to cytotoxicity in normal cells, which, in turn, reduces cytotoxic side-effects due to chemotherapy, as well as improved effectiveness of chemotherapeutic agents.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods of inducing differential stress resistance in a subject with cancer by starving the subject for a short term, administering a cell growth inhibitor to the subject, or reducing the caloric or glucose intake by the subject. The induced differential stress resistance results in improved resistance to cytotoxicity in normal cells, which, in turn, reduces cytotoxic side-effects due to chemotherapy, as well as improved effectiveness of chemotherapeutic agents.