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Antioxidants may encourage the spread of lung cancer rather than prevent it

Newly discovered mechanisms that drive metastasis could be thwarted by existing drugs

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CANCER CUE?  Antioxidants, including dietary supplements like vitamin E, drive metastasis in lung cancer cells, two studies find. 

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By Nicoletta Lanese

- More than 2 years ago

Antioxidants, once touted as a cancer preventive, may actually spur the disease’s spread.