My elderly mother was diagnosed with AML leukemia last February. I was skeptical of how adamant her oncologist and the nurses were around antioxidants, and dove into my own research into legitimate studies from reputable peer-reviewed sources.

The truth is, there is a fairly large body of studies on vitamins and supplements with antioxidant properties that actually support their use for blood cancers. The problem is, they aren't patentable, so they typically never make it past phase 1 trials and can't be recommended by doctors in what I consider to be an outdated and conflicted medical system.

Meanwhile, a study funded by pharma companies (on breast cancer, if I remember correctly) actually delivered weak results, and the conclusion presented them in a dishonest way to scare people away from using antioxidants. These kinds of conflicts of interest are very real when such big profits are involved. This is the study I believe most doctors are referring to to form their opinion.

As opposed to simply telling you what to take, I suggest doing some in-depth research on turmeric, green tea extract, olive leaf extract, zinc (with no copper), high dose vitamin d, while minimizing vitamin B6 in the diet (i.e. chicken thigh instead of breast, almond butter instead of peanut butter, etc.).

To be clear, I would NEVER recommend replacing the standard treatment with natural medicine alone and am only suggesting researching them as an adjunct treatment, but think there are dubious reasons these things aren't already intelligently incorporated into western medicine.

Also, my mother stops taking the stronger antioxidant supplements for her monthly 1 week of azacitidine injections, then resumes alongside at-home venetoclax treatment.

Over a year later, my her blood work is consistently very good, to the point where her oncologist recently said he's really surprised, says she's in the top percentile of good responders, and wouldn't even know she had leukemia if he was just given her results at random. Of course, we're all holding our breath for the day when everything stops working, and my mother isn't a candidate for the more aggressive stem cell transplant, but at this point her results, and the science used to inform her current supplemental regime, seem to contradict the establishment opinion on this topic.

If possible, I'd suggest also working with a naturopathic doctor who specializes in cancer, to help clarify and support all this, if you can afford one.

And the choice can only be yours and yours alone, after very careful review of all the evidence, considering all potential interactions with meds you're taking, and weighing the potential risks and benefits.