Research at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is
reintroducing a once controversial idea: using high doses of Vitamin C
to treat cancer.
Doctors and scientists at UIHC want to find out
if they can fight cancer by injecting patients with large amounts of
Vitamin C while also using traditional cancer treatments such as
radiation and chemotherapy, said Joseph Cullen, a professor of surgery
at the UI College of Medicine. Cullen said high-dose Vitamin C, which is inexpensive to administer,
seems to work by creating hydrogen peroxide that kills cancer cells
without harming other cells. Trials so far have shown the treatment is safe and tolerable for
patients with pancreatic cancer. Researchers also are testing its safety
in patients with cancers of the brain and lungs, Cullen said.
Researchers hope to test the treatment's efficacy in humans during a
second phase of research in late 2015 or early 2016. They are seeking a
$2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health and the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration to fund research costs primarily from phase
two.
This site is for information on the various Chemo treatments and Stem Cell Therapies since 1992. This journey became bitter sweet in 2014, with the passing of my beautiful and dear wife. Sherry, had fought Non - Hodgkins Lymphoma(NHL) since 1990, in and out of remissions time and time again. From T-Cell therapies(1990's) to Dual Cord Blood Transplant(2014), she was in Clinical Trials over the years. This site is for informational purpose only and is not to promote the use of certain therapies.
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