Dr. Nalini Chilkov wrote an
article about a woman diagnosed with breast cancer during pregnancy at age 27. The "amazing" story is how she & her husband supposedly decided to forgo "traditional" medical treatment for the cancer in favor of "alternative"/"natural" treatments. 8 years later, she is reportedly still cancer-free.
Just one small omission: the woman actually DID have traditional treatment. She had her tumor (and some lymph nodes) surgically removed.
Orac was the sleuth on this one and spills the beans:
I went to Amazon.com and looked at the book page for You Did What? Saying 'No' To Conventional Cancer Treatment. I then used Amazon's "Search Inside This Book" feature and looked for terms like "surgery," "lumpectomy," and "lymph nodes." Guess what I found out? Ms. Quinn had definitive curative surgery for her tumor! She underwent a partial mastectomy and sentinel lymph node biopsy. On p.25, it reads:
Less than two weeks later, Hollie had a lumpectomy, along with a sentinel lymph node biopsy, in order to start to gauge the spread of the cancer through her lymphatic system. It was the last conventional medicine we accepted, and, despite the relative success in "curing" cancer, even this intervention is one that Hollie now says she wouldn't do if she had a chance to do it all over again.
Misleading, dangerous, and potentially deadly misinformation from HuffPo. Apparently they'd like to see MORE friends & family having to join in the 3-Day rather than breast cancer survivors themselves.
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