cbs4boston.com - Woman With Cancer Claims Vitamin C Saved Her Life

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Nov 6, 2006 8:10 pm US/Eastern

Woman With Cancer Claims Vitamin C Saved Her Life

Dr. Mallika Marshall

Reporting

(CBS4) BOSTON A popular vitamin once thought to be the cure for the

common cold is now being used in the treatment of cancer. It's Vitamin C

and while some patients have seen dramatic improvement, this alternative

therapy is not without controversy.

" Everybody assumed you're lucky if you're going to make it a year. " That

was the prognosis for McCabe after she was diagnosed with breast

cancer that had spread to other parts of the body. She started intense

chemotherapy which left her debilitated, " I couldn't get off the couch,

it was that terrible, so I decided I had to do something. "

What did was to try an alternative therapy -- massive doses of

Vitamin C administered intravenously. After just a few sessions

felt better and had a little more energy. And even more importantly, " I

started to notice that my cancer markers suddenly started to drop, " says

.

Helen Kwak believes intravenous Vitamin C saved her mother's life. After

chemotherapy and radiation, her mother lost 70 pounds in less than two

months. " I thought she was going to die, " says Helen. But after a few

intravenous Vitamin C sessions her mother started eating again, " She had

so much energy, I just couldn't believe it. "

Dr. Glenn Rothfeld, an Arlington physician offers his patients

intravenous Vitamin C, usually in combination with traditional

treatments, " In a number of patients, although certainly not all, it has

seemed to arrest or slow down the progression of their cancer. " The key

is the delivery method. The intravenous injections have the Vitamin C

equivalent of 500 oranges and it goes right into the bloodstream. " It's

fairly unquestioned in science that when you use Vitamin C in very high

doses in a test tube, it kills cancer cells, " says Rothfeld.

But others in the medical field have their doubts such as Dr.

Penson, an oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, " There really

has been no study that's shown a significant impact on cancer. " Penson

says what is successful in the lab most often does not translate to

success in humans, " If you pursue unrealistic things, there's a chance

you may not pursue better options. "

But McCabe disagrees. " When you think of it, it is pretty

amazing. " That's because she believes she's here today and enjoying life

again because of something as simple as Vitamin C.

Intravenous Vitamin C costs about $100 a session and patients require

two-to-three sessions per week. It is usually not covered by insurance.

(© MMVI, CBS Broadcasting Inc. .)

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[Note from RB: A source for IVC recommened at cancertutor.com is:

http://brightspot.org/ ]

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Well blau me down!

No good evidence yet that vitamin c can " melt " tumors away in vivo.

In vitro yes; in vivo, no. And intravenous vitamin C, IF you can get

it for cancer---no ACAM doctors I contacted recommended it for that

purpose, costs a LOT more than 100 dollars per infusion---try 160 or

even 270 per infusion.

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> http://cbs4boston.com/health/local_story_310202040.html

>

> Nov 6, 2006 8:10 pm US/Eastern

> Woman With Cancer Claims Vitamin C Saved Her Life

>

> Dr. Mallika Marshall

> Reporting

>

> (CBS4) BOSTON A popular vitamin once thought to be the cure for the

> common cold is now being used in the treatment of cancer. It's

Vitamin C

> and while some patients have seen dramatic improvement, this

alternative

> therapy is not without controversy.

>

> " Everybody assumed you're lucky if you're going to make it a year. "

That

> was the prognosis for McCabe after she was diagnosed with

breast

> cancer that had spread to other parts of the body. She started

intense

> chemotherapy which left her debilitated, " I couldn't get off the

couch,

> it was that terrible, so I decided I had to do something. "

>

> What did was to try an alternative therapy -- massive doses

of

> Vitamin C administered intravenously. After just a few sessions

> felt better and had a little more energy. And even more

importantly, " I

> started to notice that my cancer markers suddenly started to drop, "

says

> .

>

> Helen Kwak believes intravenous Vitamin C saved her mother's life.

After

> chemotherapy and radiation, her mother lost 70 pounds in less than

two

> months. " I thought she was going to die, " says Helen. But after a

few

> intravenous Vitamin C sessions her mother started eating

again, " She had

> so much energy, I just couldn't believe it. "

>

> Dr. Glenn Rothfeld, an Arlington physician offers his patients

> intravenous Vitamin C, usually in combination with traditional

> treatments, " In a number of patients, although certainly not all,

it has

> seemed to arrest or slow down the progression of their cancer. " The

key

> is the delivery method. The intravenous injections have the Vitamin

C

> equivalent of 500 oranges and it goes right into the

bloodstream. " It's

> fairly unquestioned in science that when you use Vitamin C in very

high

> doses in a test tube, it kills cancer cells, " says Rothfeld.

>

> But others in the medical field have their doubts such as Dr.

> Penson, an oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, " There

really

> has been no study that's shown a significant impact on cancer. "

Penson

> says what is successful in the lab most often does not translate to

> success in humans, " If you pursue unrealistic things, there's a

chance

> you may not pursue better options. "

>

> But McCabe disagrees. " When you think of it, it is pretty

> amazing. " That's because she believes she's here today and enjoying

life

> again because of something as simple as Vitamin C.

> Intravenous Vitamin C costs about $100 a session and patients

require

> two-to-three sessions per week. It is usually not covered by

insurance.

>

> (© MMVI, CBS Broadcasting Inc. .)

>

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> [Note from RB: A source for IVC recommened at cancertutor.com is:

> http://brightspot.org/ ]

>