Lo and behold, after continued and prolonged precautions over the use of oral antioxidants during cancer treatment that counter the pro-oxidant (cell killing) effects of radiation treatment, researchers in Japan found a high concentration of vitamin C (>75 umol) actually induced the death of cancer cells and enhanced the cell killing effect of radiotherapy. The researchers suggest further study and say there is no harm done when vitamin C therapy is simultaneously administered with radiation treatment. See abstract below:
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