Antioxidants in cancer care: When and how to use them as an adjunct to standard and experimental therapies

Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 903-915

  Prasad, Kedar N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Butyrate; Cancer; Chemotherapy; Dietary antioxidants; Endogenously made antioxidants; Hyperthermia; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DERIVATIVE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL SUCCINATE; ALPHA2A INTERFERON; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BLEOMYCIN; CARMUSTINE; CHLOROZOTOCIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACARBAZINE; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; DOXORUBICIN; FENRETINIDE; FLUOROURACIL; GLUTATHIONE; MITOMYCIN; PACLITAXEL; PYRROLIDINE DITHIOCARBAMATE; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID; RETINOL; RETINOL DERIVATIVE; SEVAK; TAMOXIFEN; VINCRISTINE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CELL PROTECTION; DIET; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIFESTYLE; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; METASTASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; SKIN NECROSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 0346328311     PISSN: 14737140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737140.3.6.903     Document Type: Review

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