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"Immuno-augmentative therapy" is a method of cancer management developed by Lawrence Burton, PhD. Dr. Burton states that IAT can control all forms of cancer by restoring natural immune defenses. He claims to accomplish this by injecting protein extracts isolated with processes that he has patented. However, experts believe that the substances he claims to use cannot be produced by these procedures and have not been demonstrated to exist in the human body. He has not published detailed clinical reports, divulged the details of his methods, published meaningful statistics, conducted a controlled trial, nor provided independent investigators with specimens of his treatment materials for analysis. During the mid-1980s, several cases were reported where patients of Dr. Burton developed serious infections following IAT.
“免疫增强疗法”是劳伦斯·伯顿博士研发的一种癌症治疗方法。伯顿博士称，免疫增强疗法可通过恢复自然免疫防御来控制所有类型的癌症。他宣称通过注射用其已获专利的方法分离出的蛋白质提取物来实现这一目标。然而，专家们认为，他声称所使用的物质无法通过这些程序生产出来，且尚未证实其存在于人体中。他既未发表详细的临床报告，也未透露其方法的细节，没有公布有意义的统计数据，未进行对照试验，也未向独立研究人员提供其治疗材料样本以供分析。在20世纪80年代中期，有几例报告称，接受伯顿博士免疫增强疗法治疗的患者出现了严重感染。
