Questionable & Unproven Cancer Therapies

Barrie R. Cassileth, PhD 
Adapted for the Canadian edition by Richard Hasselback, MD

Surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy have been "accepted" cancer treatments for a long time. They are accepted because they
were developed after years of study with
animals and then humans. The studies were
based on logical, scientific principles, and
the treatments were then shown to be
effective against the growth of tumors in
thousands of people.
    These conventional cancer treatments
are responsible for dramatic improve-
ments in survival over the past few
decades.