Description |
1 online resource (xii, 174 pages) |
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Oxidative stress and disease ; 48 |
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Oxidative stress and disease
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Contents |
Part I Historical Overview of Cancer and Vitamin C. 1. Introduction to Vitamin C and Cancer Clinical Studies: A Historical Perspective. Part II Mechanims of Action for Vitamin C in Cancer. 2. High-Dose Intravenous Ascorbate as a Pro-Oxidant Inducing Cancer Cell Death. 3. Pharmacological Ascorbate Influences Multiple Cellular Pathways Preferentially in Cancer Cells. 4. Ascorbate and the Hypoxic Response in Cancer. 5. Pharmacological Ascorbate as a Radiosensitizer. 6. Vitamin C and Somatic Cell Reprogramming. Part III Vitamin C and Cancer Clinical Studies. 7. Vitamin C and Cancer: An Overview of Recent Clinical Trials. 8. Orthomolecular Approaches for the Use of Intravenous Vitamin C: Administration by Integrative and Naturopathic Doctors |
Summary |
Vitamin C may offer significant therapeutic benefits in the treatment of cancer. This book includes chapters by a group of leading scientific researchers documenting the ways cancer can be affected by high doses of ascorbate. After an initial chapter providing a historical perspective, subsequent chapters focus on cancer cell death, reprogramming of somatic cells, recent case studies, and other ways vitamin C can improve outcomes of therapy. Features Includes chapters from a team of leading international scholars Reviews the history of beneficial uses of vitamin C in the treatment of cancer Summarizes recent case studies Discusses how vitamin C may synergistically affect other cancer treatment methods |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Qi Chen, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas, City, USA. Margareet C.M. Vissers, PhD, Research Professor, Department of Pathology and Biomedical Science at the University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand |
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Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (Taylor & Francis, viewed February 25, 2020) |
Subject |
Vitamin C -- Therapeutic use.
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Cancer -- Chemotherapy.
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MEDICAL -- Biochemistry.
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MEDICAL -- Oncology.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biochemistry.
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Cancer -- Chemotherapy
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Vitamin C -- Therapeutic use
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Chen, Qi, editor
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Vissers, Margreet C. M. (Margreet Catherina Maria), editor
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ISBN |
1003017495 |
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9781000028027 |
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100002802X |
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9781000027792 |
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1000027791 |
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9781000027563 |
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1000027562 |
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9781003017493 |
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