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JAMA. 1971;217(4):475-476. doi: 10.1001/jama.1971.03190040067022

Testicular Choriocarcinoma in LSD Users

Coincidence or Cause?

  1. Leonard J. Levick, MD;
  2. Stanley N. Levick, MD
  1. From the departments of internal medicine (Dr. L. J. Levick) and hematology (Dr. S. N. Levick), Division of Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia.

Abstract

Two patients with testicular choriocarcinoma had taken lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) for from 18 to 24 months continually; each averaged over "20 trips" before the tumor developed. LSD may be a factor in causing malignant tumors.

Footnotes

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