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Contemporary Oncology/Współczesna Onkologia
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Vitamin C and cancer – a review

Dariusz Godlewski
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Piotr Wojtyś
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Przemysław Bury

Współcz Onkol (1999) 3 (5), 183-187
Online publish date: 2003/08/06
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This article reviews published epidemiologic research on the association of vitamin C with cancer risk. Extremely strong and consistent inverse relationship exists between vitamin C intake and risk for cancer arrising from esophagus, stomach, colon, rectum, breast and cervics. Vitamin C prevents oxidative damage and inhibits the reaction of nitrosation.
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cancer, vitamin C, ascorbic acid, fruit, vegetable, antioxidants

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