Pentoxifylline/vitamin E in preventing fibrosis
Home of Kyle J. Norton for The Better of Living & Living Health According to the study of Vitamin E: function and metabolism, Vitamin E is the term for a group of tocopherols and tocotrienols, of which α-tocopherol has the highest biological activity(a), and is the most common in the North American diet.
Pentoxifylline/vitamin E in preventing fibrosis after radiation in high-risk patients
In the study of Fifty-three breast cancer patients with localized disease enrolled and randomized to treatment with oral PTX 400 mg 3 times daily and oral vitamin E 400 IU daily for 6 months after radiation (n=26), or standard follow up (n=27), showed that there was no observed impact on local control or survival within the first 2 years of follow-up. The treatment was safe and well tolerated. Pentoxifylline/vitamin E may be clinically useful in preventing fibrosis after radiation in high-risk patients(26).
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(26) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22846413
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