On the alleged anticancer efficacy of the phosphoethanolamine pill, weakness of scientific evidence and ethical concerns | Sobre a alegada eficácia anti-câncer da pílula de fosfoetanolamina, fragilidade da evidência científica e preocupações éticas

Anecdotal reports say that cancer patients improved after taking “synthetic phosphoethanolamine” (syn-PEA), anticancer pills produced and distributed by chemists from a Brazilian university. Notwithstanding the fact that syn-PEA pill inventors disseminated in the lay press the information that thei...

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Main Author: Francisco José Roma Paumgartten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2016-08-01
Series:Vigilância Sanitária em Debate: Sociedade, Ciência & Tecnologia
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Online Access:https://visaemdebate.incqs.fiocruz.br/index.php/visaemdebate/article/view/822/325