Vitamin C Administration in Breast Cancer After Surgery Treatment : A Review
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Introduction : Breast cancer is still the most common type of cancer, and surgery is still an alternative available. Postoperative care for breast cancer is an action that must be evaluated from a variety of perspectives.
Methods : The information retrieval feature of the PubMed and Cambridge Core literature search engines was used to find review of literature articles for this journal. The periodicals on which the literature was predicated were obtained.
Result Vitamin C has various functions in cases of breast cancer. A special review in this paper is in terms of wound healing and anti-pain modulation in postoperative breast cancer. The existence of this is considered significant and can be used as postoperative therapy.
Conclusion : Vitamin C involvement in postoperative therapy for breast cancer is expected to have benefits in terms of wound healing as well as modulation of anti-pain interventions. Furthermore, vitamin C therapy is not permitted as an adjunctive treatment or to lower the risk of breast cancer or to inhibit post-surgical complications within those cases.
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