Two Grams BID Is an Oral Dosage of Vitamin C to Reduce the Risk of Recurrence of Superficial Bladder Carcinoma
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53879#.VNm_USzQrzE Author(s) Edward Folk 1 , Tracy M. Downs 2 , Alfred Roc Ordman 3 Affiliation(s) 1 Beloit College Biochemistry Program, Beloit, USA . 2 Department of Urology, UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, USA . 3 Beloit College, Beloit, USA . ABSTRACT Background: Continuous exposure to millimolar (mM) Vitamin C (AA) in vitro kills cancer cells. For superficial bladder carcinoma (SBC), standard chemotherapy is instillation of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin. The recurrence rate with this therapy is 91%. But high dosage vitamins including AA reduced the recurrence to 41%. Aim: To determine the oral dosage of AA that causes the highest concentration of AA [AA] in the bladder. Method: We conducted a clinical trial of 14 people who took various dosages of AA, and analyzed the [AA] in their urine. Results: AA above 2 g twice a day was not absorbed. B...