Thursday 26 February 2015

Nutritional Supplement Report

  • Nutritional supplements are widely used among patients with cancer who perceive them to be anticancer and antitoxicity agents.
  • Beta-carotene and vitamin E supplementation increase risk of lung, stomach, prostate cancer, and colorectal adenoma and overall mortality in the general population.
  • Vitamin E and beta-carotene may reduce toxicity from radiotherapy, but there is an associated increase in recurrence especially among smokers.
  • Antioxidants have variable effects on chemotherapy toxicity, but there are no data on outcome.
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