Laetrile: A lesson in cancer quackery

@article{Lerner1981LaetrileAL,
  title={Laetrile: A lesson in cancer quackery},
  author={I J Lerner},
  journal={CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians},
  year={1981},
  volume={31}
}
  • I. Lerner
  • Published 1 March 1981
  • Medicine
  • CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
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Laetrile intoxication. Report of a fatal case.
Laetrile toxicity studies in dogs.
TLDR
These studies demonstrate that oral laetrile is highly toxic when taken with some common table foods and predict that there will be an increased incidence of cyanide poisoning in man as laetile becomes more readily available.
Special report on Laetrile: the NCI Laetrile Review. Results of the National Cancer Institute's retrospective Laetrile analysis.
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A retrospective analysis of Laetrile treatment undertook in response to widespread public interest allowed no definite conclusions supporting the anti-cancer activity of Laetsrile.
The current status of laetrile.
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Acceptable clinical studies in humans are lacking, but such ventures would appear to be contraindicated from animal studies and observed human toxicities, and current legal-judicial aspects of laetrile therapy for cancer are discussed.
The vitamin fraud in cancer quackery.