Brazil bill would legalize renegade cancer pill

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a confrontation over a controversial cancer therapy has intensified, pitting scientists against Brazil's congress. Last week, in response to a clamor of politicians and desperate patients, Congress voted to legalize the production and distribution of synthetic phosphoethanolamine, even if the drug against the putative cancer has not been clinically tested or registered with Brazilian health surveillance Agency. Scientists blast the law as a parody. Apart from patient testimonials and some preliminary studies in tumor cell lines and in mice, critics say there is no evidence of safety or efficacy of the compound, popularly known as the "pill cancer "or" fosfo. " Thousands of patients are estimated to have taken. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has until April 13 to decide whether to sign the bill.

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