Is oranges good for lung cancer?

Answer 1

No.

Oranges contain vitamin C, which has been shown to have some potential anti-cancer benefits. However, these studies were done with intravenously injected vitamin C, as absorbing a clinically beneficial quantity from food such as oranges is impossible.

Additionally, vitamin C has only been scientifically proven to work on mice and rats, and even then it only prolongs their life. It cannot cure them.

So oranges are not going to cure cancer. I'm sorry.

References:

Mark Levine, Michael Graham Espey, Qi Chen (2009) Losing and finding a way at C: New promise for pharmacologic ascorbate in cancer treatment. Free Radical Biology & Medicine47: 27-29

Qi Chen, Michael Graham Espey, Andrew Y. Sun, Chaya Pooput, Kenneth L. Kirk, Murali C. Krishna, Deena Beneda Khosh, Jeanne Drisko, and Mark Levine (2008) Pharmacologic doses of ascorbate act as a prooxidant

and decrease growth of aggressive tumor xenografts

in mice. PNAS August 12, 2008 vol. 105 no. 32 11105-11109

Wang-Jae Lee (2009) The Prospects of Vitamin C in Cancer Therapy. Immune Network 9:147-152