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antineoplaston
antineoplaston Fringe oncology Either of two substances isolated from urine which were said to have antineoplastic activity and inhibit the growth of osteosarcoma, myeloblastic leukaemia and other cancers; data on the claimed efficacy of antineoplaston was distributed by Stanislaw R Burzynski, MD, PhD. Medical history An obsolete, nonspecific term for any agent or substance with anticancer or antitumoural activity.antineoplaston A peptide derivative that was the occasion of a major legal action in 1997 when a Texas doctor was indicted for criminal contempt and fraud for allegedly violating federal court orders not to treat cancer patients with this drug. The case stirred up the perennial controversy between those who believe that all patients are entitled to seek alternatives to orthodox scientific medicine and those who believe that in serious conditions this can be dangerous. |