Use of Antioxidants During Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy Should Be Avoided.

Autor: D'andrea, Gabriella M.
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Zdroj: CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians; Sep/Oct2005, Vol. 55 Issue 5, p319-321, 3p
Abstrakt: The article focuses on the need for clinicians to advise their patients against the use of antioxidant dietary supplements during chemotherapy or radiotherapy in the U.S. Mechanistic considerations suggest that antioxidants might reduce the effects of conventional cytotoxic therapies. With this regard, proponents of antioxidant therapy claim that the protective effects of antioxidants are selective for normal cells.
Databáze: Complementary Index