[escepticos] Topical Vitamin C Stops Basal Cell Carcinoma... ¿qué opinará Merk?

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Estimados colisteros/as:
Hace tiempo que vengo oyendo de la maldita medicina alternativa que las
inyecciones intravenosas de altas dosis de vitamina C parecen tener buen
resultado en casos de cancer. Lo que parece confirmar su acción a nivel
tópico en cáncer de piel. Supongo que el negocio farmacéutico (que cobra a
1300 euros la sesión química de quimioterápia -sólo en productos-) no estará
muy de acuerdo con utilizar un producto natural como la vitamina C y creerá
más conveniente NO investigar al respecto, publicando contraestudios sobre
lo mal que están hechos los estudios de la vitamina C y lo bien que ellos lo
hacen con medicamentos tipo Xeloda... que si no te mata el cáncer, te matal
él.

Pero bueno, el trío de palmeros seguirá en su erre que erre... animalitos.

Saludos!

Topical Vitamin C Stops Basal Cell Carcinoma

(OMNS Nov 9 2007) The most common form of skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma,
often responds to a remarkably simple, safe, at-home treatment: vitamin C.
Physicians and patients report that vitamin C, applied directly to basal
cell skin cancers, causes them to scab over and drop off. [1] Successful use
involves a highly-concentrated vitamin C solution, directly applied to the
blemish two or three times a day. Vitamin C is selectively toxic to cancer
cells, but does not harm healthy skin cells. This is also the basis for
high-dose intravenous vitamin therapy for cancer. [2] Even higher
concentrations of vitamin C can be obtained by direct application. The use
of topical vitamin C to kill basal cell carcinoma has been known at least
since 1971. Frederick R. Klenner, MD, wrote: "We have removed several small
basal cell epithelioma with a 30 percent ointment" of vitamin C. [3]

One person, who reported that a 2mm diameter spot on the nose would not heal
for months, had it disappear within a week with twice-daily concentrated
vitamin C applications. Another patient reported that after
dermatologist-diagnosed multiple spots of basal cell carcinoma were coated
with vitamin C, the spots fell off within two weeks. [4]

Basal cell carcinomas are slow growing and it is rare for them to
metastasize. This provides an opportunity for a therapeutic trial of vitamin
C, provided one has proper medical diagnosis and follow-up.

Preparation of a water-saturated vitamin C solution is simple. Slowly add a
small amount of water to about half a teaspoon of vitamin C powder or
crystals. Use just enough water to dissolve the vitamin C. Using less water
will make a paste. Either way, application with the fingertip or a cotton
swab, several times daily, is easy. The water will evaporate in a few
minutes and leave a plainly visible coat of vitamin C crystals on the skin.

Consult your doctor before employing this or any other self-care treatment.
A physician’s diagnosis is especially important, since other forms of skin
cancer, such as melanoma, are faster growing and more dangerous. If the
vitamin C treated area is not improved after a few weeks, a doctor should be
consulted once again.

*References:*

[1] William Wassell, MD: Skin cancer and vitamin C. Cancer Tutor,
http://www.cancertutor.com/Cancer02/VitaminC.html<javascript:ol('http://www.orthomolecular.org/12all/lt/t_go.php?i%3d67%26amp;e%3dMTk4OTI%3d%26amp;l%3dhttp://www.cancertutor.com/Cancer02/VitaminC.html');>
[2] Riordan NH, Riordan HD, Meng X, Li Y, Jackson JA: Intravenous ascorbate
as a tumor cytotoxic chemotherapeutic agent. Med Hypotheses 1995; 44: 207-2
13. http://www.brightspot.org/cresearch/intravenousc2.shtml and
http://www.seanet.com/~alexs/ascorbate/199x/riordan-nh-etal-med_hypotheses_1995-v44-p207.htm<javascript:ol('http://www.orthomolecular.org/12all/lt/t_go.php?i%3d67%26amp;e%3dMTk4OTI%3d%26amp;l%3dhttp://www.seanet.com/~alexs/ascorbate/199x/riordan-nh-etal-med_hypotheses_1995-v44-p207.htm');>and
also
http://www.doctoryourself.com/riordan1.html
[3] Fredrick R. Klenner, MD: Observations on the dose and administration of
ascorbic acid when employed beyond the range of a vitamin in human
pathology. Journal of Applied Nutrition Vol. 23, Nos 3 & 4, Winter 1971.
http://yost.com/health/klenner/klenner-1971.pdf<javascript:ol('http://www.orthomolecular.org/12all/lt/t_go.php?i%3d67%26amp;e%3dMTk4OTI%3d%26amp;l%3dhttp://yost.com/health/klenner/klenner-1971.pdf');>and
http://www.doctoryourself.com/klennerpaper.html<javascript:ol('http://www.orthomolecular.org/12all/lt/t_go.php?i%3d67%26amp;e%3dMTk4OTI%3d%26amp;l%3dhttp://www.doctoryourself.com/klennerpaper.html');>
[4] Age spots, basal cell carcinoma and solar keratosis.
http://www.doctoryourself.com/news/v5n9.txt<javascript:ol('http://www.orthomolecular.org/12all/lt/t_go.php?i%3d67%26amp;e%3dMTk4OTI%3d%26amp;l%3dhttp://www.doctoryourself.com/news/v5n9.txt');>

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