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Surgeon/scientist promoting science in medicine and exposing quackery. Editor of Science-Based Medicine. My opinions do NOT represent those of my employers.

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    1. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 30 Nov 2018

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      A couple of more thoughts on why this is important. 1/https://twitter.com/gorskon/status/1068536459416588288 …

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      David Gorski, MD, PhDVerified account @gorskon
      Here are @CTVNews two MASSIVE reporting failures on this story: 1. The name of the clinic to which Amanda Gould is going is not mentioned anywhere. 2. The names of the doctors are not mentioned. (This info is essential to evaluate reputation and techniques.) 2/
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    2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 30 Nov 2018

      Regular readers might remember that a few months ago I discussed a Mexican clinic in Monterrey that treats unresectable brain tumors like #DIPG with intra-arterial chemotherapy. 2/ https://respectfulinsolence.com/2018/07/03/clinica-0-19-not-making-dipg-history-in-monterrey-part-1/ …

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    3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 30 Nov 2018

      One thing I noticed about news reports about patients who went to this clinic is how seldom the actual name of the clinic and practice (@019Clinica and Instituto de Oncología Intervencionista) or names of the two doctors (Drs. Alberto Siller and Alberto García) were mentioned. 3/

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    4. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 30 Nov 2018

      It was infuriating. I had to dig in patient FB pages and GoFundMe pages to find out the name of this clinic, and then I had to do more digging to find out just what it is that this clinic does. Only a few stories named names. 4/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2018/07/05/clinica-0-19-not-making-dipg-history-in-monterrey-part-2-of-3/ …

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    5. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 30 Nov 2018

      There's a reason for that. If you delve into the FB pages and other social media presence of patients treated through Instituto de Oncología Intervencionista and @019Clinica at @hospitalangeles in Monterrey, you find horrific stories of suffering. 5/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2018/07/17/clinica-0-19-making-dipg-history-part-3/ …

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    6. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 30 Nov 2018

      When I finally found the "evidence" published by Drs. Siller and García, I was underwhelmed, to say the least. They've published nothing suggesting their hazardous "everything but the kitchen sink" proprietary method is any better than standard of care. 6/ https://respectfulinsolence.com/2018/09/11/idoi-not-making-dipg-history-in-monterrey-part-4/ …

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    7. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 30 Nov 2018

      I frequently find the same thing about German alternative cancer clinics. News stories frequently neglect to mention their name, only reporting that the patient is going to a "clinic in Germany." 7/

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    8. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 30 Nov 2018

      Frequently, as in the report by @CTVNews, the clinic is portrayed as offering something "not available" in the patient's home country. The Monterrey clinic was portrayed as offering a "ground-breaking experimental treatment." 8/

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    9. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 30 Nov 2018

      German alternative clinics are often similarly portrayed because they offer a mix of unproven conventional therapies plus alternative medicine. Such descriptions are deceptive. 9/

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    10. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 30 Nov 2018

      In reality, what these clinics are doing is highly unethical. They are either charging huge sums of money for unproven therapy or, sometimes, charging patients huge sums of money to be on dubious clinical trials of unproven therapy. 10/

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      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 30 Nov 2018

      So, listen up, reporters and editors: Whenever you do a story about a patient seeking unconventional or alternative cancer treatment at one of these clinics, it is your DUTY to name the clinic and the doctors. Anything less is just advertising for quacks. 11/11

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        1. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 30 Nov 2018

          I should clarify. I meant advertising for cancer quackery, not necessarily any individual quack, given that the quack isn't named. 11a/11

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