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Intravenous Vitamin C and Cancer: A Systematic Review.
BACKGROUND Intravenous vitamin C (IVC) is a contentious adjunctive cancer therapy, widely used in naturopathic and integrative oncology settings. We conducted a systematic review of human interventional and observational studies assessing IVC for use in cancer patients. METHODS We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, The Cochrane Library, CINAHL, and AMED from inception to April 2013 for human studies e...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Integrative Cancer Therapies
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1534-7354,1552-695X
DOI: 10.1177/1534735414534463