"Mike Radcliffe" <
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> "Alexander" <
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> > who knows which alternative cancer drugs really help, when and when not, where I can get them, I
> > just need informations about this, who has experience, good or bad. Thanks!
> I have 15 years experience working with cancer patients and I have not met one yet who was cured
> with alternative medicine but all were much poorer
and
> most bitter for the experience.
My experience over double that time (as a surgeon) is similar. I recently spoke to the local
oncologist who for many years has been documenting his patient's use of alternatives, and his
experience is the same.
Yet I don't blame desperate patients for trying literally anything that might help.
Those I do despise are those who are totally ignorant about the realities of cancer and its
treatment, but still like to make sure that cancer quacks get all the promotion they need, even for
ridiculous or completely disproved treatments.
I can (mostly) understand the quacks themselves. I know how they can be misled by the quirks of
medical practice. I can even comprehend the vicious exploitation of cancer patients by those who are
frankly fraudulent. What I can't understand is those who staunchly support them with no direct or
certain knowledge where the truth lies or even the wherewithal to know the truth if they found it.
Many clearly do it as part of the ancient sport of doctor-bashing, but the interests of cancer
patients are far too serious for such insincerities.
Peter Moran