Research on vitamin C and its effects on cancer is growing in popularity around the world as
positive research continues to accumulate building a stronger case for its effectiveness. This
concise SpringerBrief on Vitamin C and Cancer presents the latest findings on how vitamin C
induces apoptosis. A high concentration of vitamin C allows for ascorbate to generate hydrogen
peroxide in tissue that can selectively kill cancer cells. Research has confirmed that
high-dose vitamin C is cytotoxic to a wide variety of cancer cell lines and that it also
boosts the anti-cancer activity of several common chemotherapy drugs. Vitamin C also does more
than just kill cancer cells. It boosts immunity by stimulating collagen formation to help the
body wall off the tumor. It inhibits hyaluronidase an enzyme that tumors use to metastasize
and invade other organs throughout the body. This concise and up-to-date Brief is geared
towards cancer researchers and scientists as well as physicians interested in the basic
science and the translational potential of vitamin C in cancer therapeutics.
