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Gerson therapy

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-003530

A diet plan that has been claimed to be a treatment for cancer, migraine, tuberculosis, and other diseases. It is a vegetarian diet that includes eating organic fruits and vegetables and 13 glasses of fresh juice each day. It also includes supplements with iodine, vitamin B-12, potassium, thyroid hormone, liver extract, and pancreatic enzymes. No clinical trial to test Gerson therapy has been reported.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-003530
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-003530",
  "term": "Gerson therapy",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A diet plan that has been claimed to be a treatment for cancer, migraine, tuberculosis, and other diseases. It is a vegetarian diet that includes eating organic fruits and vegetables and 13 glasses of fresh juice each day. It also includes supplements with iodine, vitamin B-12, potassium, thyroid hormone, liver extract, and pancreatic enzymes. No clinical trial to test Gerson therapy has been reported.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/gerson-therapy/"
}

Record 7,956 of 17,721 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.