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Today he's in remission. He credits his remarkable recovery to a high dose of vitamin C he was given as a last-ditch treatment.

New studies show large amounts of vitamin C administered intravenously reduced pancreatic, brain and ovarian cancer in laboratory mice by 41 to 53 percent.

And researchers feel the treatment likely works the same way in humans. According to the U.S. National Institute for Health the injection produces a form of hydrogen peroxide that safely fights cancer cells.

Even though the treatment is not yet covered by insurance, at US$125 per treatment, it is considerably less expensive than other conventional cancer regimens.

Expectations are high in Korea, where one in every four people treated by doctors are cancer patients who pay an average of W52 million (US$1=W1,149) a year on treatments.

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