The invention provides compositions and methods to treat cancer with an agent that selectively promotes cancer cell death relative to non-malignant cells by mechanisms that include increased oxidative stress (“a therapeutic agent”) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, an inhibitor of hydroperoxide metabolism and a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent or carrier.
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