Antioxidants Help Cancer Treatment

As reported in the August, 2007 issue of Cancer Treatment Review an evaluation of 19 published studies indicated that supplementation with antioxidants (vitamin A, vitamin C, N-acetylcysteine, vitamin E, melatonin, an antioxidant mixture, or ellagic acid) typically resulted in one or more of the following responses:

1) Increased survival times

2) Improved responses of tumors to chemotherapy

3) Reduced toxicity of chemotherapy

The authors reported that larger studies with well-controlled, double blind designs are much needed in this area.

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