Antioxidants can double the rate of melanoma metastasis in mice, adding further weight to the belief that the molecules can increase the development of some cancers, according to new findings. The results from a new study by researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has led to calls that people with cancer or an elevated risk of developing the disease should avoid nutritional supplements that contain antioxidants. In the latest edition of Science Translational Medicine, Professor Martin Bergö said that his team found that antioxidants double the rate of metastasis in malignant melanoma, reaffirming previous studies about antioxidants hastening the progression of lung cancer.
“As opposed to the lung cancer studies, the primary melanoma tumour was not affected,” said Prof Bergö. “But the antioxidant boosted the ability of the tumour cells to metastasize, an…
