Sir Paul Callaghan, physicist, says Vitamin C for cancer does not work. He tried.
Vitamin therapy fails to deliver for Sir Paul.
Celebrated physicist Sir Paul Callaghan has ended his experimental intravenous vitamin-C treatment for cancer, saying there is “absolutely no evidence” it worked.
He is concerned that alternative medicine advocates are now using his “unusual experiment” to promote the controversial treatment in a misleading way.
The New Zealander of the Year, who has terminal colon cancer, began receiving high-dose intravenous infusions of vitamin C in June last year, along with several alternative herbal remedies.
Yesterday, he told The Dominion Post he had ended his experiment after analysing data from six months of blood test results. “I have, as a result, learned enough to say that there is absolutely no evidence of any beneficial effect of high-dose intravenous vitamin C in my case.”
Tip: Jeff Palmer, Christchurch, New Zealand
Sir Paul’s experiment was his own case study so it really is just a single observation. But the point was that his use of this therapy was gaining it credibility. Since it didn’t work, he wanted to stop that. He’d seen his name in articles promoting vitamin C; others were trying it because of that.
People with cancer had the right to try unproven therapies themselves, but should do so in consultation with their specialist or GP, he said.
An estimated 30 clinics nationwide (New Zealand) gave 10,000 injections of vitamin C a year.
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