Why Vitamin C Could Be an Excellent Complementary Remedy to Conventional Therapies for Breast Cancer.
Michela CodiniPublished in: International journal of molecular sciences (2020)
The most frequent cancer in women is breast cancer, which is a major cause of death. Currently, there are many pharmacological therapies that have made possible the cure and resolution of this tumor. However, these therapies are accompanied by numerous collateral effects that influence the quality of life (QoL) of the patients to varying degrees. For this reason, attention is turning to the use of complementary medicine to improve QoL. In particular, there are increased trials of intravenous injection of vitamin C at high doses to enhance the antitumor activity of drugs and/or decrease their side effects. This review intends to underline the anticancer mechanisms of vitamin C that could explain its efficacy for treating breast cancer, and why the use of vitamin C at high doses could help patients with breast cancer to enhance the efficacy of pharmacological therapies and/or decrease their side effects.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- breast cancer risk
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- childhood cancer
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- papillary thyroid
- high dose
- type diabetes
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- squamous cell carcinoma
- young adults
- pregnant women
- metabolic syndrome
- skeletal muscle
- ultrasound guided
- patient reported outcomes
- lymph node metastasis