Anticancer agents Tumor-growth suppressorApoptosis inductionChemo- and radioprotectors Protection of normal cells against ionizing irradiation and chemotherapeutic agentsSOD mimetics Induction of SOD activity by mimetic moleculesEnhancement of anticancer agent activities in combination therapyProtection of normal cells against chemotherapeutic agentsTherapeutic targeting SOD SOD2 promotes resistance to apoptotic cell death of cancer cellsSOD2 facilitates cancer cell growth. Here, SOD1 is linked to cancer.