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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gdddr.2025(X-III).01 10.31703/gdddr.2025(X-III).01 Published : Sep 2025Complementary Nutrition and Supplement Use in Oncology: Enhancing Outcomes or Complicating Care? A Comprehensive Review
Cancer patients are increasingly using nutritional supplements, which raises questions about safety as well as possible advantages. This review looks at the functions of vitamins, probiotics, polyphenols, and immune-boosting foods in cancer treatment. Certain supplements can enhance treatment results, lower inflammation, or boost the immune system, but others might be harmful, particularly if taken unsupervised. Their safe usage is complicated by interactions with chemotherapeutic medicines, variations in supplement formulations, and individual variances (e.g. gut microbiota, genetics). Clinical application is further restricted by varied study designs and a lack of established protocols. In order to make sure supplements help cancer treatment rather than impede it, this study highlights the need for patient-provider communication, individualized approaches, and more thorough research.
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Cancer Therapy, Chemoprevention, Complementary Medicine, Drug-Supplement Interactions, Oncology Nutrition
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(1) Muhammad Adnan
Graduate, Saulat Institute of Pharmaceutical sciences & Drug Research, Quaid-I-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan.
(2) Muhammad Faisal
Graduate (Food Science and Nutrition), Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Sahiwal Campus, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Ahtasham Saleem
Graduate, Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Sahiwal Campus, Punjab, Pakistan.
(4) Hafiz Shaheryar Leghari
Graduate, Department of Food Science and Technology, Department of Agriculture, Ghazi University Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan.
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APA : Adnan, M., Faisal, M., & Saleem, A. (2025). Complementary Nutrition and Supplement Use in Oncology: Enhancing Outcomes or Complicating Care? A Comprehensive Review. Global Drug Design & Development Review, X(III), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.31703/gdddr.2025(X-III).01
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CHICAGO : Adnan, Muhammad, Muhammad Faisal, and Ahtasham Saleem. 2025. "Complementary Nutrition and Supplement Use in Oncology: Enhancing Outcomes or Complicating Care? A Comprehensive Review." Global Drug Design & Development Review, X (III): 1-13 doi: 10.31703/gdddr.2025(X-III).01
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HARVARD : ADNAN, M., FAISAL, M. & SALEEM, A. 2025. Complementary Nutrition and Supplement Use in Oncology: Enhancing Outcomes or Complicating Care? A Comprehensive Review. Global Drug Design & Development Review, X, 1-13.
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MHRA : Adnan, Muhammad, Muhammad Faisal, and Ahtasham Saleem. 2025. "Complementary Nutrition and Supplement Use in Oncology: Enhancing Outcomes or Complicating Care? A Comprehensive Review." Global Drug Design & Development Review, X: 1-13
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MLA : Adnan, Muhammad, Muhammad Faisal, and Ahtasham Saleem. "Complementary Nutrition and Supplement Use in Oncology: Enhancing Outcomes or Complicating Care? A Comprehensive Review." Global Drug Design & Development Review, X.III (2025): 1-13 Print.
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OXFORD : Adnan, Muhammad, Faisal, Muhammad, and Saleem, Ahtasham (2025), "Complementary Nutrition and Supplement Use in Oncology: Enhancing Outcomes or Complicating Care? A Comprehensive Review", Global Drug Design & Development Review, X (III), 1-13
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TURABIAN : Adnan, Muhammad, Muhammad Faisal, and Ahtasham Saleem. "Complementary Nutrition and Supplement Use in Oncology: Enhancing Outcomes or Complicating Care? A Comprehensive Review." Global Drug Design & Development Review X, no. III (2025): 1-13. https://doi.org/10.31703/gdddr.2025(X-III).01