WINDSOR, Ont. -- Diagnosed with breast cancer nine months ago, Sandra Quattrin was prescribed a conventional eight-round chemotherapy course to ward off the disease.
But the 44-year-old woman instead chose an unconventional path with vitamin C infusions, a controversial treatment that raised eyebrows at the cancer centre and ultimately severed Quattrin's relationship with her family doctor.
Quattrin is one of several cancer patients receiving vitamin C intravenously at the Canadian Clinic for Integrative Medicine in Windsor, run by naturopathic doctor Denis Marier and partnered with the Hospice of Windsor.
The therapy is based on research that suggests vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, can be toxic to cancer cells when administered in high doses. First introduced about 30 years ago, the idea that vitamin C can successfully treat cancer is either dismissed outright or hotly debated among oncologists and scientists.
http://www.windsorstar.com/health/Vitamin+cancer+therapy+stirs+controversy+Windsor/4112934/story.html
