New cancer treatments have positively proven the use of vitamins in regular diet as possible means for cancer prevention. Intake of vitamins helps in the distraction of free radicals in the body; free radicals are main cancer formation ingredient! However, in our busy contemporary lifestyle, consuming fresh fruits and vegetables rich in vitamins may seem a distant possibility for several households, hence, the use of antioxidant vitamin supplements.

Supplements are more useful in winter months since the vitamin content in fresh fruits and vegetables are at an all time low in antioxidant value. Though artificial vitamin supplements in the form of pills are not absorbed by the body fully, one can depend upon natural vitamin supplements like grape juice and others. Researches for new cancer treatments suggest the multiple role vitamins play in cancer prevention.

Some are detailed below in brief:

-       They are therapeutic and preventive agents for cancer.

-       Selected vitamins help in neoplastic cellular transformation in cells.

-       Helps in preventing skin cancer with the help of carotenoids.

-       For neoplastic development, both vitamins E and vitamin C help a lot.

-       Vitamin B12 and folates help is preventing tumor formation.

-       Analyses how vitamins intake modify the diet and thus reduces risk of cancer.

-       American Institute of Cancer Research says that vitamin B converts homocysteine to methionine, which helps in DNA repairs.

In all possibilities, cancer preventing vitamins helps wonderfully as a new cancer treatment. In a way, they form natural mode of cancer prevention by minimizing dependence on medicines and artificial supplements.