[1][2] Revici's early work on experimental chemical-based treatments for cancer between 1920–1941 attracted a degree of support.
[1] Revici's Guided Chemotherapy is based on the idea that all illness is caused by an "imbalance" of metabolism.
[3] People with cancer were divided into two groups, which he called catabolic and anabolic, based on the pH of their urine and similar tests that were unrelated to the type or location of the cancer.
The treatment was to give a mixture of chemical substances (such as glycerol, n-butyl alcohol, and sulfurated vegetable oil[3]) by mouth or injection.
A Clinical Appraisal Group was organized in January 1963 to evaluate Revici's cancer treatment.