Intravenous vitamin C as a chemotherapy agent: a report on clinical cases
P. R. health sci. j
; 23(2): 115-118, Jun. 2004.
Artigo
em Inglês
| LILACS
| ID: lil-390793
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BR1.1
RESUMO
A series of seven cases are presented in which intravenous vitamin C has been used as antineoplastic agent in the treatment of different types of cancers. The cancers cases reviewed are the following Renal cell carcinoma (2), Colorectal cancer (1), Pancreatic cancer (1), Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (2) and breast cancer (1). Toxic reactions were not observed at these high doses of intravenous Vitamin C. All patients were prescreened for Glucose 6--phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency before administering intravenous Vitamin C in order to prevent hemolysis
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Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Ácido Ascórbico
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Neoplasias
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Antineoplásicos
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Antioxidantes
Limite:
Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
P. R. health sci. j
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
2004
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Center for the Improvement of Human Functioning/US