Low Vitamin C Status in Patients with Cancer Is Associated with Patient and Tumor Characteristics.

ABSTRACT: Vitamin C (ascorbate) acts as an antioxidant and enzyme cofactor, and plays a vital role in human health. Vitamin C status can be affected by illness, with low levels being associated with disease due to accelerated turnover. However, robust data on the ascorbate status of patients with cancer are sparse. This study aimed to accurately measure ascorbate concentrations in plasma from patients with cancer, and determine associations with patient or tumor characteristics. We recruited 150 fasting patients with cancer (of 199 total recruited) from two cohorts, either prior to cancer surgery or during cancer chemo- or immunotherapy. A significant number of patients with cancer had inadequate plasma ascorbate concentrations. Low plasma status was more prevalent in patients undergoing cancer ther

SUBMITTER: White R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7468872 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature