A Clinical Trial of Amygdalin (Laetrile) in the Treatment of Human Cancer

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 306, Issue 4, 1982, Pages 201-206

  Moertel, Charles G ^a,b,c   Fleming, Thomas R ^a,b,c   Rubin, Joseph ^a,b,c   Kvols, Larry K ^a,b,c   Sarna, Gregory ^a,b,c   Koch, Robert ^a,b,c   Currie, Violante E ^a,b,c   Young, Charles W ^a,b,c   Jones, Stephen E ^a,b,c   Davignon, J Paul ^a,b,c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMYGDALIN; ASCORBIC ACID; CORRINOID; LAETRIL; LAETRILE; PANCREATIN; PANCRELIPASE; RETINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; CANCER; CYANIDE POISONING; DERMATITIS; DIET; DRUG TOXICITY; HEADACHE; INTOXICATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; NAUSEA; THERAPY; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

EID: 0020031904     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198201283060403     Document Type: Article

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