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| 5 Useful Supplements in Cancer Therapy |
| Nothing is rich but the inexhaustible wealth of nature. She shows us only surfaces, but she is millions of fathoms deep. Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Vitamins and Minerals |
| Due to their particular mechanisms of action, vitamins, minerals, and many other natural compounds offer a hopeful new approach to cancer therapy that is quite different from standard therapies such as chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, and immunotherapy. (See table 5.1, Major Supplements for Cancer Prevention and Treatment, on pages 214 to 217.) Experimental, epidemiological, and clinical studies are accumulating that reveal vitamins as a new class of compounds with remarkable prophylactic and therapeutic activities for both the person with cancer and for those who want to prevent cancer. |
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