Vitamin C and antibiotics could be up to 100 times more effective at killing cancer cells than standard-of-care drugs, new research reveals.

Giving an antibiotic followed by vitamin C effectively starves cancer cells of their 'fuel', resulting in their death in the lab, a study found.

Vitamin C and the antibiotic given, known as doxycycline, are both relatively non-toxic and could therefore dramatically reduce the side effects of existing treatments, the researchers said.

Study author Professor Michael Lisanti from the University of Salford, said: 'This is further evidence that vitamin C and other non-toxic compounds may have a role to play in the fight against cancer.

Source: Dailymail