A review and rational approach to intravenous vitamin C in the supportive care of cancer patients. - GreenMedInfo Summary
Intravenous vitamin C in the supportive care of cancer patients: a review and rational approach.
Curr Oncol. 2018 Apr ;25(2):139-148. Epub 2018 Apr 30. PMID: 29719430
E Klimant
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.