Antioxidants and Cancer -

Worldwide Research

It is good to be able to report that, apart from the huge amount of general cancer research in progress which has already made substantial advances into our understanding of the subject a great deal f research specifically into the question of free radicals and cancer is under way. Many trials, sponsored by the American Institute for Cancer Research, are in progress to discover the role of dietary factors, including vitamins C and E, in the development of cancer. In Britain, too, much research is in progress. The Imperial Cancer Research Fund, the Medical Research Council, the Dunn Nutrition Unit and the Department of Community Medicine at Cambridge University, among many other authorities, are engaged in long-term studies, involving thousands of subjects, into the effect of dietary elements on the incidence of cancer. Huge similar projects are also under way in France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands and Greece.