#$%^&*AU2013202435A120130502.pdf#####ABSTRACT Topical formulations of CoQ1O reduce the rate of tumor growth in an animal subject. In the experiments described herein, CoQ1O was shown to increase the rate of apoptosis in a culture of skin cancer cells but not normal cells. Moreover, treatment of tumor-bearing animals with a topical formulation of CoQ1O was shown to dramatically reduce the rate of tumor growth in the animals.