Luigi di Bella

In this article, the surname is di Bella, not Bella.
Luigi Di Bella
Born(1912-07-17)17 July 1912
Linguaglossa, Italy
Died1 July 2003(2003-07-01) (aged 90)
Modena, Italy
Occupation(s)Physiologist, writer
Known forMetodo Di bella
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Bari
Websitewww.metododibella.org/it

Luigi Di Bella (17 July 1912 in Linguaglossa – 1 July 2003 in Modena) was an Italian medical doctor and physiology professor. In the late 1980s, he created a purported treatment known as "Di Bella therapy" for cancer that precipitated an international controversy.

Studies demonstrated that Di Bella's therapy for cancer is totally ineffective.[1][2][3][4] Medical experts consider his cancer therapy dangerous and unscientific.[4][5]

  1. ^ Abbasi, Kamran. (1998). Di Bella's cure declared ineffective. The BMJ 317: 366.
  2. ^ Simini, Bruno. (1998). Italian “wonder” cure for cancer is ineffective. The Lancet 352 (9123): 207.
  3. ^ Italian Study Group for the Di Bella Multitherapy Trials (1999). "Evaluation of an unconventional cancer treatment (the Di Bella multitherapy): results of phase II trials in Italy". BMJ. 318 (7178): 224–228. doi:10.1136/bmj.318.7178.224. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 27702. PMID 9915729.
  4. ^ a b Bertelli, Gianfilippo. (2006). "DiBella Therapy Was Worthless". Quackwatch. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
  5. ^ "Luigi di Bella". The Guardian. Retrieved November 24, 2018.