| Antioxidants Seen As Aid to Chemotherapy Doctors at the University of Kansa Medical Center are challenging the notion among many oncologists that antioxidant use may reduce the effectiveness of chemotherapy drugs. Indeed, according to Jeanne A. Drisko, MD, program director for the university’s Program in Integrative Medicine, international research is showing “benefits rather than harm when antioxidants are combined with chemotherapy and /or radiation therapy.” The doctors treated two patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer, using a treatment protocol combining chemotherapy with high-dose antioxidant therapy, The supplements used were oral doses of Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Beta Carotene, Coenzyme Q10 and a multivitamin/mineral complex, along with intravenous doses of Vitamin C. Following the first round of chemotherapy, CA-125 levels returned to normal in both women: both remain cancer-free four years after initial diagnosis. According to Dr. Drisko, both patients continue to receive oral antioxidant therapy and twice-monthly intravenous Vitamin C. Journal of the American College of Nutrition, April 2003 |
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