Very true. To be charitable, the future is in personalized medicine, so if a vitamin C population subset can be well-defined then maybe there's something here.

Very true. To be charitable, the future is in personalized medicine, so if a vitamin C population subset can be well-defined then maybe there's something here. That said, cancer cells are notorious for expressing efflux pumps and in so doing frustrating treatment, and there's every reason to think that would happen here given the high doses and long time needed for therapeutic effect. I have to say, the very first thing that came to mind when I read the article was Xkcd: http://www.xkcd.com/1217/ http://www.xkcd.com/1217/