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Table 5.1
Major Supplements for Cancer Prevention and Treatment
Supplement
Summary of Actions
Specific Uses and Interactions
General Daily Range
Vitamin A
Anticarcinogenic; immunostimulating
Protects against lung and throat cancer
10,000-25,000 IU
Carotenoids
Antioxidant; inhibits carcinogenesis
Protects against leukemia, myeloma, and cervical, breast, lung, prostate, pancreatic, throat, and colon cancers
15,000-50,000 IU.
Vitamin E
Antioxidant; reduces cellular lipid peroxidation; stimulates immune system
Protects against skin, prostate, and colon cancers
200-800 IU
Vitamin C ascorbate
Antioxidant; inhibits carcinogen formation; important in collagen synthesis and glutathione activity
Protects against cancers of lung, larynx, esophagus, stomach, pancreas; protects skin and bones from effects of radiation
500-2,000 mg
Vitamin D
Inhibits/reduces proliferative effects of estrogren in breast cancer and testosterone in prostate cancer
Prevents colon, breast, and prostate cancer
400-1,000 IU
Vitamin K (nontoxic form)
Antihemorrhagic; tumor analgesic; cancer inhibitor
Fights cancer cells
5-20 mg
Coenzyme B6 (pyridoxal-5-
phosphate)
Reduces cell growth; inhibits protein tyrosine kinase
Prevents melanoma and neuropathy
50-100 mg

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