DOES RESVERATROL ENHANCE THE EFFECTS OF RADIATION THERAPY?
The following report I will leave to your own study and interpretation. I have found very little evidence to say that chemotherapy and radiation therapy have any particular benefit for PROSTATE CANCER, nor, for that matter, many other forms of cancer. And I am not alone in that belief. A few years ago, the US Oncologists Association surveyed their members and found that over 70% (I don’t recall the exact figure) said that if they, themselves, had cancer, they would not have chemotherapy treatment. Enough said!
Extract from The Moss Reports:
Cancer patients are frequently told by their oncologists not to take antioxidants while undergoing chemotherapy or radiation therapy. Supposedly, antioxidants counteract the beneficial free radicals that are generated by conventional treatment, thereby interfering with its effectiveness. A small number of scientists have argued the opposite, suggesting that antioxidants do not generally interfere with cancer treatment but, rather, enhance its effectiveness while sparing normal cells from damage. It is one of the great dividing lines between conventional and CAM-oriented practitioners.
Recent research from the University of Rochester has contradicted the idea that antioxidants interfere and has added credibility to the idea that they enhance treatment effectiveness. It thus adds to a growing body of data, both experimental and clinical, that antioxidants should be used by cancer patients.
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