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1 April 2018

Intravenous Vitamin C in the Supportive Care of Cancer Patients: A Review and Rational Approach

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Salish Canc Ctr, Fife, WA, USA
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Naturopath Specialists, 7331 E Osborne Dr, Scottsdale, AZ 85251, USA
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Ottawa Integrat Canc Ctr, Dept Res & Clin Epidemiol, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Canc Treatment Ctr Amer, Dept Med Oncol, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Abstract

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.

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