Review Article

The Involvement of the Oxidative Stress Status in Cancer Pathology: A Double View on the Role of the Antioxidants

Table 1

The role of oxidative stress on cancer development.

Cancer typeSample collectionModelsBiomarkersReference

CRCHuman colon tissue, males, mean age 67 yrs, range 60-83, normal tissue () and cancerous tissue ()In vivo↑ROM
↑MPO
Keshavarzian et al. (1992) [87]
Human colorectal mucosal tissues, normal tissue () and tissue tumors ()In vivo↑MDA
↑MPO
↑PLA2
Otamiri et al. (1989) [88]
Urine sample, cancer patients () and healthy()
Leukocyte DNA, healthy volunteers (), and malignant cancer patients ()
In vivo↑8-oxoGua
↑8-oxodG
↑8-oxodG
Roszkowski et al. (2011) [91]

BCBlood samples (plasma), women with breast cancer () and healthy controls ()In vivo↑FORT
↓FORD
Tahari et al. (2013) [92]
Blood samples, women BBC (), BC (), and healthy women ()In vivo↑8-OHdGEldin et al. (2019) [96]
Urine sample, cancer patients () or healthy control ()In vivo↑8-OHdGYamamoto et al. (1996) [99]
Blood samples (serum), BC patients () and healthy controls ()In vivo↑MDA
↑GSSG
↓GSH
↓TAC
↓GSH/GSSG
Hewala et al. (2019) [93]

PCDU 145
LNCaP
PC3
In vitro↑H2O2
↑O2-
↑Nox
Kumar et al. (2008) [107]
Blood samples (erythrocytes and plasma), PC patients (; age years), BPH patients (; age years), and healthy men (; age years).In vivo↓GPx3Szewczyk-Golec et al. (2015) [108]
Human prostate tissue, PC (), BPH () patients, and healthy subjects ()In vivo↓GSH-PxZachara et al. (2005) [109]

LCA/J mice (female )In vivo↑8-OHdGXu et al. (1992) [119]

Abbreviations: 8-OHdG: 8-hydroxy-20–deoxyguanosine; 8-oxodG: 8-oxo-2-désoxyguanosine; PLA2: phospholipase A2; MP: myeloperoxidase; CRC: colorectal cancer; BC: breast cancer; ROM: reactive oxygen metabolites; GSH: glutathione (total, reduced); GSSG: glutathione disulfide; LC: lung cancer; MDA: malondialdehyde; TAC: total antioxidant capacity; PC: prostate cancer.