 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 | Kristie, I would ask your RO about that before doing it. The fear is that antioxidants which protect normal tissue against radiation may also make the rad. less effective against the cancer cells. The general advice I got was no antioxidants during treatment. Bottom line is no one knows how they work and if they inhibit the effectiveness of the rad.
Nelie
SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"
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