Intravenous ascorbic acid to prevent and treat cancer-associated sepsis?

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Published in J Transl Med on March 04, 2011

Authors

Thomas E Ichim1, Boris Minev, Todd Braciak, Brandon Luna, Ron Hunninghake, Nina A Mikirova, James A Jackson, Michael J Gonzalez, Jorge R Miranda-Massari, Doru T Alexandrescu, Constantin A Dasanu, Vladimir Bogin, Janis Ancans, R Brian Stevens, Boris Markosian, James Koropatnick, Chien-Shing Chen, Neil H Riordan

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Orthomolecular Studies, Riordan Clinic, 3100 N Hillside, Wichita, Kansas 67210, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Study of High-Dose Intravenous (IV) Vitamin C Treatment in Patients With Solid Tumors | NCT00441207

Pilot Trial of Intravenous Vitamin C in Refractory Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) | NCT00626444

Intravenous Vitamin C in Combination With Standard Chemotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer | NCT00954525

Vitamin C as an Anti-cancer Drug | NCT01080352

Trial of Chemotherapy Plus Intravenous Vitamin C in Patients With Advanced Cancer for Whom Chemotherapy Alone is Only Marginally Effective | NCT01050621

Study of High Dose Intravenous (IV) Ascorbic Acid in Measurable Solid Tumor Disease | NCT01125449

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