Cancer and Vitamin C

1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-032-17499-0
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 188 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 336 g

Reihe: Oxidative Stress and Disease

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

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chen, Qi

Vissers, Margreet C M

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Pharmakologie, Toxikologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Ernährungsmedizin, Diätetik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biochemie (nichtmedizinisch)
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Fachpflege
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Onkologie, Krebsforschung
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Komplementäre Medizin, Asiatische Medizin (TCM), Heilpraktiker
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Biochemie (med.)
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Molekularbiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

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.