ASCORBIC-ACID AND CANCER - REVIEW

  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • review article
    • Vol. 39  (3) , 663-681
Abstract
Host resistance to neoplastic growth and invasiveness is an important factor in determining the occurrence, the progress, and the eventual outcome of every cancer illness. The factors involved in host resistance are briefly reviewed and the relationship between these factors and ascorbic acid metabolism is presented with reference to humans. Many factors involved in host resistance to neoplasia are significantly dependent upon the availability of ascorbate.