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.
本发明涉及通过让癌症患者短期挨饿、给患者注射细胞生长
抑制剂或减少患者的热量或
葡萄糖摄入量来诱导患者产生不同的抗应激能力的方法。诱导的不同应激抵抗力可提高正常细胞对细胞毒性的抵抗力,进而减少化疗引起的细胞毒性副作用,并提高化疗药物的疗效。