Cancer: Treatments that do not prey on the desperate (ritual, America)

[Mr Spinkles]

Just in case you're interested in legitimate, ethical cancer treatments that do not prey on people who are in pain and desperate:

Cancer Treatment - National Cancer Institute

[Bishka]

This is my favourite part of the link (and the one I would take advantage of if I got cancer)


Complementary and Alternative Medicine

[Mr Spinkles]

I find this part especially illuminating:

Forms of treatment that are used in addition to (complementary) or instead of (alternative) standard treatments. These practices generally are not considered standard medical approaches. Standard treatments go through a long and careful research process to prove they are safe and effective, but less is known about most types of CAM. CAM may include dietary supplements, megadose vitamins, herbal preparations, special teas, acupuncture, massage therapy, magnet therapy, spiritual healing, and meditation. Also called CAM.

[1nharmony]

A review of the book "Cancer-Gate" by Samuel S. Epstein, M.D. on the website for the Cancer Prevention Coalition shines a different light on the NCI (National Cancer Institiute) as well as the ACS (American Cancer Society).

"In particular, the book shows how the NCI and ACS are corroded with major institutional and personal conflicts of interest with cancer drug companies (“Big Pharma”). As candidly admitted by a recent NCI director, the NCI has become a “government pharmaceutical company.” For the ACS, these conflicts extend to environmental polluters in the chemical industry, and connivance in white collar crime. Not surprisingly, The Chronicle of Philanthropy has charged that “the ACS is more interested in accumulating wealth than saving lives.” These close ties to industry have transformed the NCI and ACS into cheerleaders for special interests rather than stewards of the public interest.
Astoundingly, and for the first time, Epstein chronicles how the NCI and ACS are sitting on mountains of information about avoidable environmental causes of cancer rather than making this available to the public in any systematic and understandable way. This silence has even extended to frank suppression of such information, denial of the public’s right to know, and violation of human rights. Following a detailed indictment of these public betrayals, Epstein explains how we can “take back” the war against cancer with a wide range of strategies. These include “right-to-know” laws, ensuring public dissemination of critical information on environmental carcinogens and avoidable causes of cancer, and legislative reforms and oversight to ensure that the NCI protects the public rather than special interests.

This searing exposé of the NCI and ACS, and the proposed reforms of public policy have been endorsed by over a hundred leading independent experts in cancer prevention and public health, as well as by activist citizen groups."


Certainly the drug companies will focus their time and energy on treatment of a disease rather than a cure because long-term care generates more revenue!

The above text is taken from this site:
Cancer-Gate