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CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, Vol 41, Issue 6 357-364, Copyright © 1991 by American Cancer Society

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Questionable methods of cancer management. Immuno-augmentative therapy (IAT)

"Immuno-augmentative therapy" is a method of cancer management developed by Lawrence Burton, PhD. Dr. Burton states that IAT can control all forms of cancer by restoring natural immune defenses. He claims to accomplish this by injecting protein extracts isolated with processes that he has patented. However, experts believe that the substances he claims to use cannot be produced by these procedures and have not been demonstrated to exist in the human body. He has not published detailed clinical reports, divulged the details of his methods, published meaningful statistics, conducted a controlled trial, nor provided independent investigators with specimens of his treatment materials for analysis. During the mid-1980s, several cases were reported where patients of Dr. Burton developed serious infections following IAT.

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