CMAJ March 28, 2006; 174 (7). doi:10.1503/cmaj.050346.
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Intravenously administered vitamin C as cancer therapy: three cases
Sebastian J. Padayatty,
Hugh D. Riordan,
Stephen M. Hewitt,
Arie Katz,
L. John Hoffer and
Mark Levine
From the Molecular and Clinical Nutrition Section, Digestive Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (Padayatty, Katz, Levine), and the Laboratory of Pathology, Centers for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute (Hewitt), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.; Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research (Hoffer), McGill University, Montréal, Que.; Bio-Communications Research Institute (Riordan) (deceased), Wichita, Kan.

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Fig. 1: Chest radiography, November 1996, about 1 month after intravenous vitamin C therapy was started. Cannonball lesions are evident in both lung fields, as indicated by the arrows and lines.
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Fig. 2: Chest radiography, June 1997, showing regression of the lesions; the arrow indicates one residual abnormality.
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