The present application relates to an
extracorporeal blood
treatment system (50) for treating a subject, the
system comprising: an
extracorporeal blood circuit (52); a dialysate fluid circuit (54); the
extracorporeal blood circuit and the dialysate fluid circuit being separated by a membrane (56) of a
filtration unit (58); at least one
blood pump (60) for controlling the flow of blood through the blood circuit; at least one dialysate fluid pump (62) for controlling the flow of dialysate fluid through the dialysate fluid circuit (54); a
system computing unit (64) operatively connected to the
blood pump and to the dialysate fluid pump, the
system computing unit having at least one input; wherein the system computing unit is adapted to receive a desired
blood concentration of
glutamine GLN b , to receive a desired
blood concentration of glucose GLUCOSE b , and to receive a desired
blood concentration of
ketone bodies
KETONE b ; the system computing unit being adapted to control the
blood pump and the dialysate fluid pump such that an actual concentration value of
glutamine GLN a is driven to approach GLN b , and an actual concentration value of glucose GLUCOSE a is driven to approach D b , and an actual concentration value of
ketone bodies is driven to approach
KETONE a . The present application relates to a treatment device for use in an extracorporeal blood
treatment system, a method for treating
cancer using the system, a controller for controlling the method and a
dialysis liquid suitable for use in the method.