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Researchers at the National Institutes of Health say Vitamin C may also work as an anti-oxidant protecting cells from the damage of free radicals.
Go home and die. that's what doctors told 59 year old Arlindo Olivera.
His lung cancer was so advanced, it had spread to his brain and doctors said there was nothing they could do.
Today, Arlindo is cancer free.
Arlindo Oliviera a Lung Cancer Survivor says "My pulmonary doctor told me, whatever you are doing, keep doing it."
Arlindo believes his cancer is gone because of vitamin C treatment.
Arlindo says "It's working on me from what the doctor says."
Dr. Scott Greenberg says he has successfully treated many people with vitamin C infusions, including Arlindo.
Dr. Scott Greenberg a Family Practitioner says "One patient I had had a breast mass from breast cancer that it was literally protruding out of her chest and after a few months of treatment the mass shrunk and went away and it's been over five years now to where she doesn't have any sign of cancer whatsoever."
Some doctors believe vitamin C treatment works by killing the cancer cells.
Researchers at the National Institutes OF Health say it may also work as an anti-oxidant protecting cells from the damage of free radicals.
Dr. Scott Greenberg says "How intravenous vitamin C works for cancer cells is it produces hydrogen peroxide just like chemotherapy does and that hydrogen peroxide will help and cause oxidative damage to the cancer cell thus destroying it."
The National Institutes OF Health study treated mice with aggressive brain, ovarian and pancreatic tumors.
Tumor growth and weight was reduced by 41 to 53 percent and the brain cancer stopped spreading.
Doctor Greenberg says it only works in very high intravenous doses and can be used along with traditional chemo and radiation.
He says it's a valuable option for those who don't respond to other treatment.
Dr. Scott Greenberg says "It's not going to work on everybody just like chemo or radiation is not going to work on everybody but when you have cancer it's certainly worth the effort to do this treatment."
Arlindo continues to be cancer free. The treatment is not covered by insurance, but costs considerably less than standard chemotherapy or radiation.
It's about 125-dollars per treatment versus several thousand dollars.
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