While I'm at it, shame on @DailyMirror for also characterizing the #DIPG quackery peddled by @019Clinica in Monterrey as "pioneering treatment." It's not. It's taking advantage of desperate parents. 2/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/dads-heartbreaking-words-girl-loses-13565778 …
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The doctors at
@019Clinica are not "pioneering researchers" in#DIPG. They are peddling an unproven, invasive, and potentially dangerous treatment for this dreaded disease in children. 3/https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/clinica-0-19-false-hope-in-monterrey-for-brain-cancer-patients/ …Show this thread -
When you look closely at the
#DIPG treatment being offered at@019Clinica in Monterrey, it quickly becomes apparent that there's no "there" there. 4/https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/clinica-0-19-false-hope-in-monterrey-for-brain-cancer-patients-part-2/ …Show this thread -
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#DIPG treatment offered at@019Clinica in Monterrey is false hope, not real hope, for#DIPG patients and families. 5/https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/clinica-0-19-false-hope-in-monterrey-for-brain-cancer-patients-part-3-of-3/ …Show this thread -
Indeed, if you look at the
#DIPG "patient series" published by@019Clinica reporting its results, you'll see that there's no real evidence that its treatment is any better than existing treatments, which are admittedly grossly inadequate. 6/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2018/09/11/idoi-not-making-dipg-history-in-monterrey-part-4 …Show this thread -
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@019Clinica presented their results at a relatively obscure meeting in Mexico so that its abstract wasn't published until a long time after their presentation! No wonder they refuse to let#DIPG experts help them design and execute clinical trials. 7/Show this thread -
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#DIPG and other cancer quackery by tabloids like@MailOnline and@DailyMirror as "pioneering treatment" that leads to families bankrupting themselves and resorting to crowdfunding to pay for quackery. 8/https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/crowdfunding-the-fuel-for-cancer-quackery/ …Show this thread -
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@MailOnline and@DailyMirror and all the other media outlets that credulously promote stories of quackery involving#DIPG and other cancers have blood on their hands. 9/9Show this thread
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When trust in expertise is restored by comprehensive cultural change towards reason.
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They won't because people lap it up. They always fall for the lie that the NHS won't provide a magic treatment that costs a lot of money in some foreign land.
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