CANCER AND VITAMIN C
Subtitle: A DISCUSSION OF THE NATURE, CAUSES, PREVENTION, AND TREATMENT OF CANCER, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE VALUE OF VITAMIN C
By: Ewan Cameron and Linus Pauling.
Contributors: Pauling, Linus, 1901- joint author.
Publisher: THE LINUS PAULING INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE; DISTRIBUTION BY NORTON; Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine; distribution by Norton
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Menlo Park, Calif; New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 238
Subjects: Vitamin C -- Therapeutic use; Cancer -- Chemotherapy; Cancer
Description: CAMERON AND PAULING EMPHASIZE THE VALUE OF SUPPLEMENTAL VITAMIN C AS A SUPPORTIVE MEASURE IN ALL CANCER TREATMENT, PROVIDING HELPFUL DETAILS ON DOSAGE AND METHODS OF ADMINISTRATION.  THE VALUE OF VITAMIN C AS AN ADJUNCT TO THERAPY IS CORROBORATED BY DETAILED ACCOUNTS OF MORE THAN FIFTY CANCER PATIENTS WHO HAVE DERIVED VARYING DEGREES OF BENEFIT FROM VITAMIN C.  THE BOOK CONCLUDES WITH AN IMPORTANT CHAPTER ON THE PREVENTION OF CANCER, OFFERING A FEW PRACTICAL MEASURES THAT COULD IMMEDIATELY AND MARKEDLY REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF THIS DISEASE.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [223]-227.
Includes indexes.
Table of contents: title: PREFACE ix; title: PART I:  THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF CANCER            1; title: CH 1:  THE NATURE OF CANCER                 3; title: CH 2:  THE CAUSES OF CANCER                10; title: CH 3:  THE COMMON FORMS OF HUMAN CANCER            18; title: PART II:  THE TREATMENT OF CANCER                45; title: CH 4:  THE TREATMENT OF CANCER                 47; title: CH 5:  THE TREATMENT OF CANCER BY SURGERY               50; title: CH 6:  THE TREATMENT OF CANCER BY RADIOTHERAPY               58; title: CH 7:  THE TREATMENT OF CANCER BY CHEMOTHERAPY            62; title: CH 8:  THE TREATMENT OF CANCER BY HORMONES              70; title: CH 9:  THE TREATMENT OF CANCER BY IMMUNOTHERAPY            78; title: CH 10:  SOME UNCONVENTIONAL FORMS OF CANCER TREATMENT               83; title: PART III:  A RATIONAL APPROACH TO THE TREATMENT OF CANCER                 87; title: CH 11:  CONTROLLING CANCER                    89; title: CH 12:  SPONTANEOUS REGRESSIONS IN CANCER                 93; title: CH 13:  HOST RESISTANCE TO CANCER                96; title: CH 14:  VITAMIN C                  99; title: CH 15:  VITAMIN C AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM            108; title: CH 16:  OTHER PROPERTIES OF VITAMIN C              112; title: CH 17:  THE UTILIZATION OF VITAMIN C BY CANCER PATIENTS             120; title: PART IV:  THE USE OF VITAMIN C IN THE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF CANCER         127; title: CH 18:  THE PRINCIPAL TRIAL OF VITAMIN C IN THE VALE OF LEVEN HOSPITAL           129; title: CH 19:  OTHER CLINICAL TRIALS              140; title: CH 20:  CASE HISTORIES OF VALE OF LEVEN PATIENTS                146; title: CH 21:  SOME ILLUSTRATIVE PATIENTS FROM THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA            168; title: CH 22:  THE PREVENTION OF CANCER                  183; title: CH 23:  SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS:  THE ROLE OF VITAMIN C IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER  189; title: APPENDIX I:  ESTIMATED CANCER DEATHS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR 1980            197; title: APPENDIX II:  FOODS AND NUTRITION                 199; title: APPENDIX III:  SOME INFORMATION ABOUT ANTICANCER DRUGS              203; title: APPENDIX IV:  PRACTICAL INFORMATION ABOUT VITAMIN C AND ITS USE               208; title: APPENDIX V:  A DISCUSSION OF SURGICAL TERMS                 211; title: GLOSSARY    217; title: REFERENCES     223; title: NAME INDEX         229; title: SUBJECT INDEX           231