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ReviewAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Antioxidant Food Supplementation in Cancer: Lessons from Clinical Trials and Insights from Preclinical Studies.

Alessandra Pulliero, Barbara Marengo, Oriana Ferrante, Zumama Khalid, Stefania Vernazza, Nicolò Ruzzarin, Cinzia Domenicotti, Alberto Izzotti

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Review in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. ROS and Antioxidants: Prospective Therapeutic Options in Cancer.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Alessandra PullieroDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5378-9517
Barbara MarengoDepartment of Experimental Medicine, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3056-6569
Oriana FerranteDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Zumama KhalidDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Stefania VernazzaDepartment of Experimental Medicine, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Nicolò RuzzarinDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0009-0000-6412-2734
Cinzia DomenicottiDepartment of Experimental Medicine, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5003-7333
Alberto IzzottiDepartment of Experimental Medicine, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8588-0347

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Food antioxidant supplementation has been widely proposed for cancer prevention and adjuvant therapy due to the pleiotropic role of antioxidants. Herein, particular attention is given to recent clinical trials based on the use of dietary supplements in cancer patients, both as monotherapy and in combination with standard treatments, exploring both their potential benefits and risks. This review focuses on the efficacy of the most important food antioxidants, highlighting how their action may change depending on different factors such as cancer type, dose, timing of administration and antioxidant status of the patient. The results of clinical trials are often contradictory, and the clinical benefit of dietary antioxidants appears more consistent in patients with a baseline antioxidant deficiency. Furthermore, by analyzing the mechanisms underlying the contradictory clinical evidence and critically addressing the issues related to the methodologies used in preclinical models, this review could be helpful in guiding the personalized use of antioxidant supplementation in cancer patients.

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antioxidantscancer preventioncancer relapsesfood supplementation in canceroxidative stress

Identifiers

PMID41154570
PMCPMC12561932

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