How Can Cancer-Associated Anemia Be Moderated with Nutritional Factors and How Do Beta Vulgaris L. Ssp. Esculenta Var. Rubra Modify the Transmethylation Reaction in Erythrocytes in Cancerous Patients?

Genetic predisposition, unhealthy dietary or life habits and heavy social circumstances could result in the changes of redox homeostasis, which is very important for the equilibrium between tissue regeneration and apoptosis. When the balance is disturbed, cancer and/or necrosis may develop (Powis et al., 1997). Moderate dietary habits with natural bioactive agents, antioxidants, methyl donor molecules and metal elements can help restore the normal function of the organism, although the immoderate consumption of nutritive components is contraindicated. Long term antioxidant and/or antioxidant-related treatments as well as metal element owerflow can modify redox-homeostasis because these alimentary components effect signal transduction routes and compensatory effects of altered tissues can be observed (Vanherweghem et al., 1993, Blazovics et al., 2007a,b, Blazovics et al., 2008). Epidemiological, experimental and clinical investigations have shown that food supplements are not effective in cancer therapy because of inappropriate usage in cases of people suffering from cancers with low vitamin and trace element levels. Significant changes of total scavenger capacity, metal element concentrations, bounded HCHO and


Introduction
Genetic predisposition, unhealthy dietary or life habits and heavy social circumstances could result in the changes of redox homeostasis, which is very important for the equilibrium between tissue regeneration and apoptosis.When the balance is disturbed, cancer and/or necrosis may develop (Powis et al., 1997).Moderate dietary habits with natural bioactive agents, antioxidants, methyl donor molecules and metal elements can help restore the normal function of the organism, although the immoderate consumption of nutritive components is contraindicated.Long term antioxidant and/or antioxidant-related treatments as well as metal element owerflow can modify redox-homeostasis because these alimentary components effect signal transduction routes and compensatory effects of altered tissues can be observed (Vanherweghem et al., 1993, Blázovics et al., 2007a,b, Blázovics et al., 2008).Epidemiological, experimental and clinical investigations have shown that food supplements are not effective in cancer therapy because of inappropriate usage in cases of people suffering from cancers with low vitamin and trace element levels.Significant changes of total scavenger capacity, metal element concentrations, bounded HCHO and

Natural therapy and cancer-related anemia
In spite of an enormous effort and many new excellent experimental data, which come to light in cancer research, cancer therapy is not solved satisfactorily.Several target points are for inhibiting cancerous processes and molecules are developed to modify signal transduction pathways aimed for a better way of using tailored cancer treatment, although the chance of definitive recovery is very different in the various tumors and only half of circa 200 tumor types can be cured nowadays (Blázovics 2011).Therefore new therapeutic solutions are necessary as well as looking for new food ingredients to moderate several problems, such as cancer-related anemia, which improves the erythrocyte function of bone metastatic prostate cancer cases.It is an endeavor to show attempts of natural therapy with small molecules for inhibiting cancer growth and spreading on the basis of researches.The effectiveness of medicinal therapy can be increased if the therapy is planned for each patient therefore this chapter wants to deal with the importance of the role of transmethylation ability and the question of modification of redox-homeostasis by alimentary supporting therapy.

Transmethylation processes
Bioactive molecule, the small genotoxic and carcinogen formaldehyde is in connection with the redox homeostasis.This molecule plays an important role with free radicals in the biological system (Lichszteld andKruk 1977, Nieva andWentworth 2004).Since 95 endogenous transmethylation processes occur via HCHO, this molecule can be considered as an ancient and basic compound of life systems.HCHO can be found in animal tissues in specially-bounded, mainly hydroxymethyl forms.Endogenous HCHO is produced partly by the enzymatic demethylation of different N-, S-, and O-methylated compounds (Huszti et al., 1986, Sárdi et al., 2005, Kovács-Nagy et al., 2009).S-adenosylmethionine is an important methyl donor in several biological transmethylation reactions such as in the duplication of virus.The product Sadenosylhomocysteine inhibits the transmethylation process because this molecule is hydrolysed to adenosine and L-homocysteine by the action of S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase.The accumulation of homocysteine leads to increased cellular oxidative stress (Gersbeck et al., 1989, Stead et al., 2006).DNA methylation typically occurs at cytosine-phosphate-guanine site.In this process, methylation results in the conversion of the cytosine to 5-methylcytosine.This reaction is catalysed by DNA methyltransferase.The methylation stage of this region can have a major impact on gene (Watson et al., 2003).Some quaternary ammonium compounds, such as N ε -trimethyl-L-lysine, choline and betaine, are potential HCHO generators as well.Data show the important role of HCHO in proliferative as well as in apoptotic processes.Transmethylation ability is lowered in tumorous processes (Blázovics et al., 2008, Nyirády et al., 2010).It is also verified, that the arginine (38), methionine (65) and the lysine (72) near the methionine (80) are methylated and coordinated towards the central iron of heme (Stryeer 1988).During moderate transmethylation ability, free protoporphyrin can be found near the Zn-protoporphyrin in the erythrocyte in different cancers and it has pro-and antioxidant forms depending on concentrations.Protoporphyrin concentration is low in cancerous patients, but in metastasis its concentration is significantly high.Oxidized hemoglobin, HbA1c correlates significantly with free radical reactions and with decreased antioxidant status of erythrocytes (Blázovics et al., 2008).In earlier study, significant changes could be observed in erythrocyte function in patients suffering from colon cancer as well as in metastatic prostate cancer.The erythrocyte mobilized formaldehyde was significantly lower in adult colectomysed patients with no metastasis than in controls.Simultaneously protoporphyrin concentration was low in patients without metastasis, when the diagnosis was Dukes C before operation.HbA1c level correlated significantly with the induced free radical level and decreased antioxidant status of erythrocytes (Blázovics et al., 2008(Blázovics et al., , 2011)).

Redox homeostasis
Redox homeostasis can be considered as the cumulative action of free radicals and antioxidant defenses, providing a suitable condition for life.Oxidative stress is a key modulator, which modifies the ligand-receptor interactions extracellularly and intracellularly, and influences gene expression.Free radicals can act as secondary messengers in several transduction pathways, and take part in the activation of chemotactic cytokines and surface adhesion molecules etc. (Abate et al., 1990, Meyer et al., 1993, Polya et al., 2002).Oxidative stress can induce stress response genes, and moderate oxidative stress by down regulating the gene expression of several genes.DNA synthesis, selective gene expression, www.intechopen.comAnemia 96 enzyme activation and modification of cell proliferation are involved in redoxy signal mechanisms.Moderate free radical production can modify the function of kinases or directly activate the transcription factors, thereby also influencing the gene regulation in the nucleus (Delerive et al., 2000, Kong et al., 2000).The "antioxidant" concept has meaning only in defense against free radicals for a long period.Its importance is not doubtful in the therapy of diseases in which free radicals are also involved.Antioxidant consumption is sine qua non for a healthy way of life, but the concentration range is large and dependent on an individual genetic background.Moderate nutritional customs with natural scavengers or antioxidants can help to restore the normal function of tissues and organs, but the immoderate consumption of vitamins and other bioactive agents is contraindicated.The balance between oxidative stress and antioxidant defense is overturned in diseases (Blázovics et al., 1999, Szilvási et al., 1999, Hagymási et al., 2001).Moderate oxidative stress is important in signal transduction pathways and essential for proliferation and apoptosis.The antioxidant overflow as well as oxidative stress mean serious problems."Janus face" antioxidants can stop protein phosphorylation and the inhibition of activation of transcription factors.They can also therefore stop cell proliferation and injure the adaptation mechanisms against oxidative stress.The direct roles of these antioxidants in original forms are doubtful in transduction therapy (Azzi et al., 2004, Griffiths andLunec 2001).Several food-related bioactive agents are important in cancer prevention as well.Metals are also important both in free radical formation and in antioxidant defense in signal transduction.Four simple redox measurements, H-donating ability, reducing-power property, free SHgroup and stimulated chemiluminescent intensity of plasma and erythrocytes can be applied to evaluate the redox homeostasis in several diseases and different treatments compared to the control values.The calculation of total scavenger capacity can be necessary to measure the tissue relative chemiluminescent light.Normal range of healthy peoples is no more 70 RLU%, 80±10% RLU% is the chemiluminescent intensity of erythrocytes in different diseases, e.g. in the severe IBD, where the range is 100±10%, and the range between 100 and 150 RLU% means increased risk for tumors (precancerous stadium and after tumor resection) and >150 RLU% marks the non treated tumors.Very low chemiluminescent intensity -significantly lower than that of healthy control patients -could be observed in metastatic cancerous patients, some weeks before death because of extra high protoporphyrin concentration in the erythrocyte.Chemiluminescence methods are suitable to differentiate the grade of diseases (Blázovics et al., 1999.) and difference between genders e.g in alcoholic liver diseases (Hagymási et al., 2001), but in both type of IBD and colon cancer gender difference was not observed (Szilvás et al., 1999).The measured data are in significant correlation with each other and the changes of activity of erythrocyte superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase as well as concentrations of plasma reducing power and H-donating ability.Consequently, erythrocyte total scavenger capacity (inverse of chemiluminescent intensity) is a good predictive factor for neoplasia in early stage (Blázovics et al., 2008).(Figure 1.) Anemia 98 from this supporting alimentary point of view.Table beet is a vegetable that is rich in content of folic acid, iron, betaine, natural coloring agents, polyphenols, metal elements, etc. (Takács- Hájos 1999, Blázovics et al ., 2007, Sárdi et al., 2009).A healthy system needs antioxidant and metal element supplementation and can tolerate occasional overflow between wide boundaries.Besides this, redox homeostasis and element homeostasis do not change.However, the reactions of sick organisms -e.g. the Fe accumulating porphyria cutanea tarda and haemochromatosis or Cu accumulating Wilson disease as well as the iron-deficiency anemia and the malnutrition of inflammatory bowel diseases -can be different and that is why everybody must be cautious when recommending table beet root supplements.It can be supposed, that the extreme consumption of table beet root can cause several disturbances among others not only in healthy people but in patients suffering from metal accumulating diseases, although moderate consumption may be beneficial in metal-deficiency diseases (Blázovics et al., 2007b).

Table beet
Beta vulgaris L. ssp.esculenta Gurke var.rubra belongs to the Chenopodiaceae family and it is in relationship with Beta vulgaris L. provar.altissima, Beta vulgaris L. convar.crassa provar.crassa and Beta vulgaris L. convar.cicla.An ancient form of these species is the wild form of Beta vulgaris L. var.maritime (Takács-Hájos 1999).The root of the plant Beta vulgaris L. ssp.esculenta var.rubra is commonly called table beet and has been used for centuries as a traditional and popular food in many national cuisines.The Greek Hypocrates, the Roman, but Greek-born Galenus, the Arabian Avicenna, and the Swiss Paracelsus applied table beet in several gastrointestinal diseases, fevers, anemia, wound-healing etc. Nowadays table beet is also an important component of popular medicine (Frank et al., 2005, Pedreno andEscribano 2000).The applying of table beet in several diseases can be bordered because the natural colored pigment contents of this vegetable are important food coloring matters, which substitute E123 coloring matter in different creams, substituting soya foods, sweets, gelatin deserts, yogurts, ice-creams, dressings and meats etc. (Takács-Hájos 1999).Beneficial medical effects are due to bioactive components, such as betaine, betanins, betaxanthins, vulgaxanthine, flavonoids, polyphenols, vitamins (thiamine, riboflavine, piridoxine, ascorbic acid, biotin and folic acid) as well as soluble fibre, pectin and different metal elements (e.g.Al, B, Ba, Ca, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na, Zn), which act on various physiological routes (Wang and Goldman 1996, Rice-Evans et al., 1997, Bobek et al., 2000, Kanner et al., 2001).The coloring matters in table beet are betalains, as red betacyanins and yellow betaxanthins, and they can be used for human nutrition and prevention of numerous diseases, for example skin and lung cancers (Stintzing and Carle 2004, Schwartz et al., 1983, Frank et al., 2005, Boyd et al., 1982, Kapadia et al., 1996, Kapadia et al. 2003).According to newer researches, these colored pigments have antioxidant activity and play an important role in the development of antioxidant status in the human organism (Cai et al., 2001, Kanner et al., 2001, Pedreno and Escribano 2000., Wettasinghe et al., 2002, Zakharova and Petrova 1998).Table beets are mainly characterized by the non high-concentration of sucrose.Glucose and fructose can also be found in the samples but their concentrations are significantly low.With regard to glucose quantity, 51% of the varieties were below 0.2 mg/g, 30% of them belong to the 0.2-0.4mg/g domain and 19% were characterized by a glucose content above 0.4 mg/g.52.7% of the varieties were in the 10-15 mg/g domain, 33% were between 15-20 mg/g, while 14.3% contained more that 21 mg/g sucrose.Among the quarternary ammonium compounds, which have human health significance due to their biological activity, a high concentration of betaine can be found.In earlier examinations, among the quaternary ammonium compounds, in the table beet samples betaine was found in the highest concentration, carnitine was also detectable but in low concentration (the value was not measurable) and other quaternary ammonium compounds were not detectable.28.5% of the varieties fall under the 0.6 mg/g level, another 28.5% are above the 0.8 mg/g level and 43% can be characterized by a betaine concentration of 0.6-0.8mg/g per fresh mass.Betaine was found in significantly higher concentration in the lyophilized samples.Fresh samples contained betaine in a concentration of 0.35-1.3mg/g, while the concentration of lyophilized ones was between 10.3-18.0mg/g of dry mass.On the basis of the total phenol concentration of table beet squeezed juice, 23.8% of the compared varieties are under the level of 0.6-0.8mg/ml in the fresh samples, one-third are 0.80-1.0mg/ml, another one-third are 1.0-1.20 mg/ml and the phenol concentration of 9.5% of the varieties is between 1.20-2.0mg/ml (Sárdi et al., 2009).On the basis of the comparison of studied variants, those with a higher concentration of betanine contained a higher amount of phenol as well.The value of betanine is 0.40-1.1 mg/g, total phenol shows significant differences between 0.60-1.90mg/ml, correlation.Betaine concentrations were different in varieties.Where betaine was higher, betanine and polyphenol were also higher along with antioxidant capacity (Hájos et al., 2004).Between red coloring matter and total polyphenol concentration, significant correlation was calculated (r=0,7577) (Sárdi et al., 2009).Schiebler already discovered betaine in Beta vulgaris in 1869 and since then betaine was observed in several living organisms (Blunden andGordon 1986, Hougaard et al., 1994) and human cells as well (Lever et al., 1994).In modern medicine, betaine is an important natural molecule for treating homocysteinuria, alcoholic steatosis, chemically induced liver, lung and skin cancers (Wilcken et al., 1983, Barak et al., 1996, Eikelboom et al., Murakami et al., 1998).This molecule helps to create choline, can help synthesize of carnitine and helps to convert homocysteine into methionine and it takes part in biologic methylation (Finkenstein and Martin 1984, Slow et al., 2004, Awad et al., 1983, Skiba et al., 1982, Evans et al., 2002, Millan and Garrow 1998).

Metal elements in tumor
Metal elements are important in nutrition and prevention of diseases, as anemia could be treated with supplementation of Fe.Concentration of essential metal elements is rigorously regulated in the metabolic pathways in contrary to toxic elements in healthy organisms.Concentration changes of some transition metal elements Cu, Fe, Mn, Zn and non-metal elements S, Se, P can significantly modify the signal transduction.Therefore, their optimal tissue concentrations are not doubtful and daily intake of these elements from natural sources is very important (Szentmihályi et al., 2000a,b, Máday et al., 2000).These elements are ubiquitous in biological systems and play a key role in the catalysis of redox processes.Heavy metals in higher concentrations may inhibit enzyme activities and influence the acute www.intechopen.comAnemia 100 phase protein synthesis and gene expression, as well as the pro-oxidant and antioxidant forms of scavenger molecules.Mainly the free Fe(II) and Cu(I) and Cu(II) redox active metal ions catalyze the formation of reactive oxygen radicals, but they occur in the body in a small amount (Kasprzak et al., 1987).CuZnSOD in the cytoplasm and the nucleus, MnSOD in the mitochondrial matrix, catalase in peroxisomes or in the cytoplasm and glutathione peroxidase in the cytoplasm are known metalloproteins, which take part in the defense mechanism against toxic concentration of free radicals (Yuregir et al., 1994, Schroeder and Cousins 1990, Dinkova-Kostova et al., 2005).Cu occurs in the ceruloplasmin, and it has an oxidase function.It is able to oxidize biogen amines and its phenoxidase activity is also proved (Floris et. al., 2000, Pena, et al., 1999).Zn is a key element in antioxidant superoxide dismutase enzyme as well as Zn-metallothionein, which has hydroxyl scavenging ability (Brando-Neto et al., 1994).Mn also takes part in the enzymatic antioxidant defense system, since the superoxide dismutase enzyme scavenges superoxide anions.In blood, Mn(II) ions take on the forms of free aqua-complexes or are bounded to albumin, macroglobulin and other glycoproteins (Critchfield and Keen 1992).Mn(II) is an antioxidant, since in fast reaction it exterminates the alkyl peroxyl radicals formed by the peroxidation of fatty acids, while Fe(II) ions generate alkoxy and hydroxyl radicals by splitting the ROOH bond and continue the chain reaction (Siegel and Sigel 1999).Mn(II) ions, similarly to Zn ions, are able to decrease the formation of superoxide radicals by forming Mn 2 (NADPH) complexes (Schramm 1986).Metal ions are important for the activation of NF-kappaB, AP-1 and in the cases of NF-kappaB proteasome degradation as well as the regulation of IkappaB kinases and other redoxy sytems.The joining of the NF-kappa B to the DNA is the function of the redoxi state of apo 62 cystein in p50 subunit in the DNA-bond domain.This connection is injured by the effect of heavy metals such as As, Cd, Co, Cr, Ni and Pb (Kudrin 2000).The risk of tumor formation is increased in the presence of Ni, Cr and As ions, because DNA repair systems are very sensitive targets of these elements (Hartwig 1998).Divalent cations, such as Zn, Cu, Cd, Mn and Ni can modulate the function of tumor suppressor protein p53 in vitro (Maehle et al., 1992).The excess of Zn and Cd cause inhibition of the apoptosis (Chukhlovin et al., 2001).In several biochemical pathways Ni, Cr and As toxic metal elements compete with Mg ions.Competition between Ni(II) and Mg(II) may provide an important mechanism for interfering with DNA-protein interactions involved in the repair process, because the inhibition of DNA repair is partly reversible by the addition of Mg(II) (Kasprzak et al., 1987, Hartwig et al., 1994).Presumable Ni(II), Co(II) and As(II) ions displace Zn ion in the zincfinger structure of DNA repair enzymes (Hartwig 1998).Ni, Cr and As elements are established carcinogens in humans.These heavy metals can induce adhesion molecules and cytokines (Hayat 1996).Magnesium deficiency alters calcium homeostasis via Ca 2+ /Mg 2+ antagonism, leading to transient increase in the concentration of intracellular calcium.Magnesium may act as a physiological "antioxidant", e.g. against lipoprotein oxidation.The transient increase in the intracellular calcium level induced by magnesium deficiency, enhances the production of pro-oxidant cytokines (IL-1, IL-6, IL-8, TNF-, -), different growth factors (EGF-, TGF-, NFGF, FGF, PDGF), and interferons (IFN-, -) by activation of phosphoinositol diphosphate (PIP 2 ) and MAP kinases (Dolmetsch et al. 1997, Caddell 2000) cyclooxygenase, lipoxygenase, cytochrome P450, NO synthase, proteins containing iron, and superoxide dismutase, copper zinc and manganase enzymes that are regulated at transcripitional level by phosphorylation of transcription factors.On the contrary, the increase in the intracellular magnesium level inhibits the production of pro-oxidant cytokines via the activation of corresponding protein phosphatases, therefore the generation of reactive oxygen species can be attenuated.Therefore the intake of the right amount of magnesium and magnesium-calcium rations is essential.

Clinical investigation of table beet supplementation
Adenocarcinoma of the prostate is still one of the major reasons of cancer-related mortality in populations of Western countries, but the current understanding of its etiology and pathogenesis is still lacking (Jemal et al., 2008).
Although, prostate cancer is silent and creates no early warning symptoms, after the extensive use of serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing, it has increasingly been reported at earlier stages.In case of localized prostate cancer, for a man in good condition, radical prostatectomy is the preferred treatment with more than 10 years life expectancy.Furthermore, radical surgery might provide a therapy for well-selected locally advanced prostate cancer.However, it is still not possible to distinguish who is at a high risk of tumor recurrence after primary local therapy, so will not benefit from surgery.In addition it can not be predicted who will benefit from hormonal therapy and who will become soon hormone resistant in cases of advanced prostate cancer.Nowadays, although using more promising indicators to distinguish between surgically curable and oncologically treatable prostate cancer, there has not still been an optimal factor found which would tell us the prognosis (Barqawi et al., 2004, Nyirády andRomics 2009a,b).Several papers report effect of table beet supplements in the improvement of quality of life of different diseases, although their physiological investigation is poor.Table beet affects numerous biochemical reaction ways, enzymes and metabolic-synthesis occurring in vivo (Kuramoto et al., 1996, Váli et al., 2007, Blázovics et al., 2007b).In this clinical study 10g natural table beet lyophilized product was given twice daily for 1 month for 24 patients (mean age 68±8 years) with hormone-resistant and metastatic prostate cancer treated with taxan chemotherapy, who reported their complaints themselves first, mean 3.6±2.8years before.18 men's data were amenable after treatment for evaluation.(Permission number of clinical study: Semmelweis University 127/2006.)The lyophilized product was purchased from commercial service (Permission number: 1361/004/2003 BFAEE) GPS Powder Kft.Budapest, Hungary) (Nyirády et al., 2010).
In addition to routine laboratory examination values of HbA1c, 9 cytokines and levels of 3 growth factors, the global parameters of redox-homeostasis, few elements, Zn-and level of free protoporphyrin, trans-methylation processes were determined before and one month after treatment.Results showed that in most of the patients the favorable impact of beet was enforced and significantly high levels of Zn-and free protoporphyrin decreased; furthermore transmethylation processes fastened which all characterize patients with tumor (Nyirády et al., 2010).Table1.shows the element concentrations of lyophilized proposed daily intake (RDA, DRI) and non-essential or toxic element concentrations compared to average daily intake, can be seen in Table 1.The important intake (>15%) can be considered in the case of Cr.Alteration of metal element homeostasis may elevate the risk of prostate diseases, e.g.intake of high amount of Fe or Zn deficiency may increase the oxidative processes in which NF-kappaB, IL-6 and IL-8 etc. are activated and the incidence of prostate cancer elevates as well as toxic metal elements (Salnikow et al., 2008).Zn depletion in the prostate's peripheral zone is found to correlate with the Gleason score.Erythrocyte element status of patients with prostate cancer significantly changed versus controls in cases of Al (1.90±1.67 vs 0.537±0.260),Ni (0.722±0.565 vs 0.265±0.195)and Pb (0.309±0.301 vs 0.094±0.053),and these ion concentrations were significantly high in prostate cancer patients with PSA>9 (Nyirády et al., 2009b).Toxic metal elements and free radicals influence the function of several receptors and genes such as tyrosine kinases, epidermal growth factor (EGF), platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF); src and ras genes and signal proteins, nuclear factors -kappaB (NF-kappaB), activated protein-1 (AP-1), p53, nuclear factor of activated cells family (NFAT), hypoxia induced factor (HIF-1) (Suzuki 1997, Atmane 2003).
The plasma concentrations of Ca-, Cu-and Mg in patients did not change significantly during the treatment and they were between the normal range in all cases.Nevertheless, the Fe concentration decreased significantly by the effect of table beet supplementation and moved toward the normal value range.The Se level increased by the effect of treatment, although it reached the normal value only in some cases.The Zn concentration decreased significantly, the mean value was in the normal range.These data show that the metal ion homeostasis begins to restore, the metal ions stay in cells compartments by the effect of table beet consumption (  IFN-, , , IL-1 , , IL-6, IL-10, IL-12, TNF-, , MIF and chemokines inflammatory cytokines, which initiate the activation of specific immune cells and regulate their differentiations (Haddad 2002).Chemokines affect the increasing of cell adhesion and chemotaxis, as well as activation of effector leucocytes are increased by them.During leucocyte activation, free radicals and lipid derivatives are liberated (Malaguarnera 2001).Special components (betaine, folic acid, Fe, flavonoids and vitamins) of table beet could modify the erythrocyte total scavenger capacity and element concentrations as well as improve the transmethylation ability.The levels of proinflammatory cytokines shown of a declining tendency, but these changes were not significant (IL1a P=0.084; IL6 P=0.154; IL8 P=0.578).The effect was beneficial.Measured parameters of anti-inflammatory cytokines also decreased (IL2 P=0.255; P=0.38; P=0.204).At the same time VEGF was not changed, although EGF was higher (p=0.003), and PSA (P=0.441) was elevated non significantly after supplementation.The levels of IL-6, CRP, IFNG and MCP1 were decreased in small amounts in the sera; these were disadvantageous results (Nyirády et al., 2010).Consumption of beetroot decreased the proinflammatory cytokines and in some patients (44%) increased the level of IL2.In other patients (52%) we measured lower level of PSA.There were hopeful results, but increased EGF levels draw attention to the fact, that further investigations and correlation analysis must be performed, in which beneficial effects on patients can be observed.Data can be seen in Table 3.On the basis of linear regression between chemiluminescent intensity (RLU%) and free protoporphyrin/Zn-protoporphyrin ratio, where y = -237.49x+ 156.08 and R 2 = 0.6177 were calculated, significance could be observed.If the free protoporphyrin and HCHO ration was analyzed, the linear regression was better: y = -272.77x+ 1024.6 and R 2 = 0.8331 (Nyirády et al., 2009).Free protoporphyrin is accumulated generally in more cancerous cells than in healthy ones and autofluorescence lifetime is extended in cancer tissues (Chang et al., 2005).The results showed that in cancerous patients protoporphyrin -according to concentration -induces free radicals in small concentration and scavenges in higher concentration.Accumulation of toxic metal elements and high protoporphyrin and Zn-protoporphyrin concentrations and low bond HCHO in erythrocyte with high PSA level mean wrong diagnosis.
According to the findings it seems that moderate and permanent consumption of table beet product affect favorably the life expectancy of patients, improves the erythrocyte function by the increasing methyl groups and diminishes the Zn-protoporphyrin and free protophorphyrin concentrations, but because of the increasing values of EGF and PSA in 44% of patients with bone metastasis, carefulness is needed.Further examinations are needed in this field.Table 5. shows the erythrocyte Zn-protoporhyrin-, free-protoporhyrin-, erythrocyte formaldehyde -concentrations and PSA levels of cancerous patients with and without table beet treatment in different stages.

Conclusion
HCHO and protoporphyrin concentrations and the induced free radical level of erythrocytes are very important indexes in cancer.The changes of their concentrations mean changes in tumor stages.
Generally the valuation of beneficial effects of nutrition supplements on patient life quality in tumor is empirical, and clinical studies are very rare.Beta vulgaris L. ssp.esculenta var.rubra is rich in bioactive compounds therefore it affects numerous biochemical reactions, enzyme activities and metabolic pathways.Homeostasis depends on table beet metal ion concentrations.This vegetable can be considered as a functional food, because among others, table beet is a good alimentary factor in cases of fatty liver, it has beneficial lipid lowering effects in obesity.Dietary betaine may need to be factored into the dietary sources of labile methyl groups and increase the methyl-pool.Treatment of betaine lowered plasma homocysteine concentration in homocystinuric patients.
The favorable impact of Beta vulgaris is enforced because significantly high levels of Zn-and free protoporphyrin decrease and furthermore trans-methylation processes fasten in cancerous patients.These results clearly verify that iron, folic acid and betaine components as well as colorful compounds with antioxidant activity of table beet extract demand more attention as a preventive therapy in chemotherapy induced anemia.
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Table 2 .
Effect of table beet treatment on the plasma element concentrations of metastatic prostate cancer patients with taxan chemotherapy.

Table 3 .
Immune parameters of prostate cancerous patients with and without table beet treatment in different stages and PSA levels.Table4.summarizes the redox parameters of patient groups.Table beet consumption moderated the erythrocyte free radical level in tendency and significant difference was observed in plasma in treated group compared to control.The large SD means that metastatic processes are different in time.There were no differences between HbA1c values.

Table 4 .
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Table 5 .
Erythrocyte parameters of cancerous patients with and without table beet treatment in different stages.
Table beet will have a great impact and application in human cancer, but because of the increasing values of EGF close medical control is necessary for patients especially during chemotherapy.