001. Jack Houghton reports at dailytelegraph.com.au in "Cancer Patients Duped Into Useless Treatments as HCCC Launches Investigation" (2016-09-09):
"Cancer Council Australia chief executive Professor Sanchia Aranda has
called for an inquiry into treatments touted by naturopaths [...] Prof Aranda said she knew of patients who ignore conventional
medicine for untested treatments. '(They) sell false hope and that’s
something conventional medicine cannot do' [...e.g.] naturopath Peter Chen is among those now under HCCC investigation after
NSW Health’s legal team were alerted Mr Chen believes women with the
BRCA gene, known to heighten the risk of cancer, should not have
potentially lifesaving mastectomies [...] a Saturday Telegraph investigation has found these examples as cancer victims are being given false hope and charged for treatments which are not proven to work [...] Health Minister Jillian Skinner said 'it’s highly irresponsible
for individuals to market products claiming to treat cancer without the
evidence to back it up' [...]";
hear, hear.
hear, hear.
