According Pr Martin Bergo, from Sweden’s University of Gothenburg, the concept that reactive oxygen species (ROS) induces DNA damage that can lead to cancer underlies the rationale for using antioxidant supplements to protect against cancer.
Clinical trials with antioxidants have failed to support this rationale and have even suggested that antioxidants may increase cancer risk. However, no studies have addressed the impact of antioxidants on existing tumors in state-of-the-art mouse models of cancer, including lung cancer, the most common form in humans.
In this talk, Pr Bergo will discuss their findings that antioxidant supplementation increases lung tumor growth in mice. He will also discuss the potential clinical and overall health implications of those results and the argument that although antioxidants protect healthy cells, they also reduce ROS and DNA damage in tumor cells and allow them to proliferate faster.
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