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This common vitamin could help fight one of the deadliest brain cancers

Vitamin B3 May Help Fight Brain Cancer
High-dose vitamin B3 may help the immune system fight deadly glioblastoma, with promising early results from a small clinical trial. Credit: Shutterstock
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Automatically curated summary from ScienceDaily — Mind & Brain.

High-dose vitamin B3 (niacin) shows early promise when combined with standard glioblastoma treatments. In a small trial reported by ScienceDaily, 82% of patients remained progression-free after six months. Researchers hypothesize that niacin helps reactivate immune cells suppressed by this deadly brain cancer. However, scientists emphasize that larger clinical studies are necessary to fully confirm both the therapeutic benefits and safety of this approach.

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The findings are based on a small preliminary trial; larger studies are still required to confirm safety and therapeutic effectiveness.

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