Vitamin C: Cancer cure?

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/living/health/14842932.htm

This is an absolutely fascinating article. I recommend the whole thing.

at all. Definitely in the "can't hurt to try it" category.

Redstone

so that's promising. The fact that it may not have stirred up much interest may reflect the fact that few scientists in cancer research have much expertise in intravenous Vitamin administration. But the article does say that some small trials with private funding are in the works - if they have promising results, federal funding should be the next step.

"Jeffrey White, director of the National Cancer Institute's office of cancer complementary and alternative medicine, said that he's tried to "generate awareness" of Levine's research, and believes it justifies more studies in humans. But White acknowledged that the NCI has rejected "a few" proposals for such studies."

Armed with this new evidence, a coterie of researchers - all associated with Pauling or his disciples - have recently obtained private funding for small trials of intravenous C.

University of Kansas Medical Center physician Jeanne Drisko has $375,000 for a trial of 30 ovarian cancer patients. In Montreal, McGill University oncologist Wilson Miller has $300,000 to find the maximum safe doses for treating various cancers.