Is there evidence to support or argue against intermittent fasting for cancer patients?

This is a complex topic with many permutations of dietary interventions similar to fasting such as calorie restriction and “fasting mimicking”, but as it pertains to pure fasting, I know of a few small studies which characterize fasting around the time of chemotherapy infusions (Raffaghello et al., ...

I will assume the question refers to prolonged fasting > 10-18 hours as less than this is generally accomplished by avoiding snacking or eating before bed (ideally the case for all of our patients desiring weight loss/maintenance).

As for a therapeutic effect of fasting, there is little beyond precli...

At present there is none. @Dr. First Last has one study which he will open at AHN for breast cancer survivors.