(MSKCC), wealthiest health charity (ACS), and the world’s largest daily newspaper

(WSJ, with an international circulation of 2.6 million), has created yet more negative

publicity for antioxidants in general, and for their concurrent use with radiation and

chemotherapy in particular. With every such attack, educated public opinion becomes

increasingly uncertain about the benefits of these dietary components. But although the

complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) movement cannot command the fire

power of these giant institutions, thoughtful readers will want to probe behind the

alarmist headlines and see how substantive are the charges against this use of nutritional

medicine.