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In the second study, we compounded a ketone ester supplement into the NC diet (KE) and randomized tumor-bearing mice to KE or NC after tumor induction. We confirmed that KE was able to acutely and chronically increase ketone body abundance in the serum compared to NC. However, the restoration of ketones in the circulation was not able to improve body weight maintenance or survival in male or female mice with lung cancer. Finally, we investigated PPAR\u03b1 activity in the liver of mice fed KE and NC and found that animals fed a ketone ester supplement showed a significant increase in mRNA expression of several PPAR\u03b1 targets. 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