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. 2019 Dec 13;7(4):162.
doi: 10.3390/healthcare7040162.

The Preventive Effect of Dietary Antioxidants Against Cervical Cancer Versus the Promotive Effect of Tobacco Smoking

Masafumi Koshiyama  1 , Miwa Nakagawa  2 , Ayumi Ono  2
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The Preventive Effect of Dietary Antioxidants Against Cervical Cancer Versus the Promotive Effect of Tobacco Smoking

Masafumi Koshiyama et al. Healthcare (Basel). .

Abstract

Uterine cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women, and its etiology has been recognized. High-risk human papilloma virus (HR-HPV) infection induces an opportunity for malignant transformation. This paper discusses the current issues based on a review of the literature and compares the impact of the dietary and nutrient intake to the impact of tobacco smoking on cervical cancer development. The important roles of diet/nutrition in cervical cancer are as prophylaxis against HR-HPV infection. Antioxidant vitamins can inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells, stabilize the p53 protein, prevent DNA damage, and reduce immunosuppression. In contrast, tobacco smoking not only causes DNA adducts and strand breaks, but it independently causes an increased viral load in HR-HPV-infected cells. Tobacco smoking induces the heightened expression of E6 and E7 and can inhibit the immune system response to HPV. What happens when two materials, which have opposite effects on cervical cells, are taken in at the same time? The negative effects of tobacco smoking may be stronger than the positive effects of vitamins, vegetables, and fruits on the regression of cervical disease such as cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). A relatively low intake of vitamins, vegetables, and fruits in combination with tobacco smoking was most associated with a high incidence of cervical neoplasia.

Keywords: cervical cancer; dietary oxidant; tobacco smoking.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author declares no conflict of interest.

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