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Originally Posted by BudFox
Apologies about the cynical comment. However, you said some very harsh and dismissive things about alt cancer treatments, seemingly implying that chemo is all there is, and everything else is a con. Thats pretty provocative and dangerous stuff to say, IMO.
I don't think the thread had moved off topic, other than the posts about cancer, which was not helpful. After that it was very relevant.
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Even if you only include mainstream therapy chemo is certainly not all there is, especially for early stage treatments (I believe I mentioned frankincense oil in the other thread), but I have seen some very dangerous and non-therapeutic 'treatments' in the alternative health industry. Bear in mind that I currently work in the alternative health industry. There is, for example, a subset of alternative providers who claim that cancer is a fungus. Cancer is not a fungus, it is an error in the cellular replication system that causes cells to grow wildly out of control, forming tumors. I don't say these thing to scare people away from alternative therapies. I just think it's important to be an informed consumer. And I firmly believe that alternative therapies, while very beneficial, are not sufficient to treat most cancers. The disease is just too complicated and aggressive. That's my opinion as a cancer researcher.
Sadly, there is a not insignificant number of conartists moonlighting as alternative providers. It doesn't hurt to be a bit wary.