Common phrases used by practictioners of conventional cancer therapies.
| This is what they say: |
This is what they mean: |
| "This alternative therapy
is unproven." |
"We control the research
dollars and there is NO WAY we are going to finance research on
alternative treatments." |
| "Surgery, radiation and
chemotherapy are proven cancer therapies." |
"We carefully avoided
saying cancer 'cure'. There has never been a scientific, double
blind study showing that surgery, radiation and chemotherapy
cure cancer." |
| "We have successfully
removed your tumor. Now we just have to wait and see." |
"It is almost inevitable
that your cancer has metastasized, but it will take a few years
for the new tumors to grow. Plus, so long as your body remains
acidic and toxic, we know you will be back." |
| "Early diagnosis for
cancer improves the prognosis." |
"Early detection gives us more
time to make money treating you, and makes the statistics
look better because there is a longer time interval between diagnosis
and death." |
| "We had to fight really
hard to get the FDA to approve our toxic drug." |
"FDA scientists found our
toxic drug to be too dangerous, so we donated money to election
campaigns for congress members, and they appointed one of our
employees to a supervisory position at the FDA. Our employee
shepherded our toxic drug through the approvals process." |
| "We proved that this
alternative treatment does not work." |
"We very carefully
investigated the conditions under which the alternative treatment
works and the conditions under which it does not work, and then used this information to design
an experiment to 'prove' that the treatment does not
work." |
| "We have exhausted all available treatments and
would like you to try this experimental treatment." |
"We receive a large
commission for every patient we refer to a drug trial. If we admit there is nothing we can do for you,
then you might turn to alternative treatments." |
| "Donate your money to the
American Cancer Society." |
"We control the American
Cancer Society, and we are making sure that its money is not
used to help prevent cancer or do research on alternative
treatments." The Cancer Prevention Coalition is calling for a
boycott of the American Cancer Society. |
| "We need more basic
research on cancer." |
"Anything to avoid
investigating effective prevention and treatment for cancer." |
| "This doctor lost his
license for practicing unproven cancer treatments." |
"80% of what passes for
modern medicine has never been proven effective by scientific, double
blind studies. Treatments are used in clinical practice simply
because they are found to work. The exception to this is
effective and inexpensive cancer treatments which we will not
allow to be used or researched." |