Intravenous ascorbic acid to prevent and treat cancer-associated sepsis?

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This article is a great review of the state of play with Vitamin C in cancer treatment, highlighting the importance of quality of life and the complications that come about at end of life as a result of cancer treatment. it gives a review of the current understanding of vitamin C use as an adjunct to conventional cancer treratment, highlighting the stabilising role that high dose C has on inflammatory reactions associated with conventional treatments.

Ichim TE, Minev B, Braciak T, Luna B, Hunninghake R, Mikirova NA, Jackson JA, Gonzalez MJ, Miranda Massari JR, Alexandrescu DT, Dasanu C, Bogin V, Ancans J, Stevens RB, Markosian B, Koropatnick J, Chen CS, Riordan NH. Intravenous ascorbic acid to prevent and treat cancer-associated sepsis? J Transl Med. 2011 Mar 4;9(1):25. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21375761

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