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Supplements May Reduce Some Chemotherapy
Side Effects
(NY, Reuters Health, 9/22/04)
Dr. Richard F. Branda Branda, of the University of Vermont
in Burlington, and his associates, had 49 breast cancer
patients complete questionnaires about their use of
supplements during chemotherapy. The results showed that on
average. the women were taking three daily supplements,
typically multivitamins, vitamin E and calcium. The
investigators found that patients taking multivitamins or
vitamin E alone had a smaller drop in neutrophils during
chemotherapy; while those with high blood levels of folate
lost more of these important immune cells.
(Cancer, September 2004) |
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