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Rethinking Vitamin C And Cancer: An Update On Nutritional Oncology

Introduction
The effect of vitamin C on cancer, especially on solid tumor malignancies, has been a subject of great controversy. In this article we address general aspects of vitamin C and cancer, while reviewing and analyzing existing literature on the subject. In addition, we present and discuss our own hypothesis on the effect of vitamin C on cancer (solid tumors). This article is an attempt to ease the existing controversy while providing an updated scientific basis for the use of vitamin C in nutritional oncology.