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E Klimant1, H Wright2, D Rubin2, D Seely3, M Markman4.
Abstract
This article reviews intravenous vitamin C (IV C) in cancer care and offers a rational approach to enable medical oncologists and integrative practitioners to safely provide IV C combined with oral vitamin C to patients. The use of IV C is a safe supportive intervention to decrease inflammation in the patient and to improve symptoms related to antioxidant deficiency, disease processes, and side effects of standard cancer treatments. A proposed rationale, together with relevant clinical safety considerations for the application of IV C in oncologic supportive care, is provided.Entities:
Keywords: Vitamin C deficiency; ascorbate; intravenous vitamin C; quality of life; supportive care
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Year: 2018 PMID: 29719430 PMCID: PMC5927785 DOI: 10.3747/co.25.3790
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Oncol ISSN: 1198-0052 Impact factor: 3.677