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Hydrogen peroxide is an oxidizing liquid that creates oxygen in the body. Some people believe it can help treat or cure cancer because high levels of oxygen may be toxic to cancer cells and can kill them. However, hydrogen peroxide is not FDA-approved for treating cancer.
Hydrogen peroxide is a popular treatment in the world of alternative cancer treatments, but does it really work? Learn more about its side effects and why it may do more harm than good.
Many people use hydrogen peroxide to treat minor injuries, whiten their teeth, or dye their hair. Some claim that it can help cure cancer, but what does the research say?
In 2020, writer Ronald Piana shared with our readers his own experience of using hydrogen peroxide to quickly eradicate a clinically diagnosed pre-malignant oral leukoplakia—a condition that can develop into oral cancer.
This review specifically focuses on strategies to selectively modulate the most stable ROS, hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2), in cancer cells to achieve therapeutic effects.
Applying hydrogen peroxide to your skin won’t cure cancer, and trying to ingest it in other ways would be dangerous and ineffective, an oncologist told The Associated Press. The National Institutes of Health has found no evidence that the compound can treat cancer if rubbed on the skin.
Summary: A small drug molecule that appears to protect normal tissue from the damaging effects of radiation, may simultaneously be able to boost the cancer-killing effect of radiation therapy,...