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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.

Michigan, USA
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    1. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 14 Feb 2019

      David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Ranjana Srivastava

      Correct. I do not argue with patients seeking alternative medicine. However, neither do I pull any punches when I tell them why alternative cancer cures do not work, as well as the real evidence for conventional treatments, including their downsides. 1/https://twitter.com/docranjana/status/1095852332103790592 …

      David Gorski, MD, PhD added,

      Ranjana Srivastava @docranjana
      My patient swapped chemotherapy for essential oils. Arguing is a fool’s errand | Ranjana Srivastava | Opinion | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/14/my-patient-swapped-chemotherapy-for-essential-oils-arguing-is-a-fools-errand …
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    2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 14 Feb 2019

      Nor do I pull any punches describing what happens when breast cancer is left untreated. En cuirasse disease, when breast cancer grows ro involve large parts of the chest wall with bleeding, necrotic, painful ulcers, is a horrible condition that's very hard to alleviate. 2/

      1 reply 1 retweet 13 likes
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    3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 14 Feb 2019

      I figure that anyone contemplating eschewing effective treatment for fairy dust should be aware of just how unpleasant the consequences can be. That's real informed consent. So I calmly and respectfully provide it. 3/

      1 reply 1 retweet 24 likes
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    4. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 14 Feb 2019

      It won't dissuade them, of course, at least not at that visit, but I at least hope to plant a seed of doubt. Also, when family members are present, they get the message too. 4/4

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    5. JByrne‏ @SkepMedicine 14 Feb 2019
      Replying to @gorskon

      I tend to be more direct

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    6. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 14 Feb 2019
      Replying to @SkepMedicine

      You're not a cancer surgeon. My goal with these patients is to persuade them at least to let me operate on them. Surgery alone can cure breast cancer. Chemotherapy, radiation, and endocrine therapy decrease the chance of recurrence.

      3 replies 1 retweet 7 likes
    7. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 14 Feb 2019
      Replying to @gorskon @SkepMedicine

      My thought process with these patients seeking alternative cancer cures is simple: If I can get them to agree to surgery, at least they have a fighting chance, even if it's not as good as it would be if they accepted full multimodality treatment for their cancer.

      1 reply 1 retweet 9 likes
      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 14 Feb 2019
      Replying to @gorskon @SkepMedicine

      I don't care that much if such patients do what do many of them who accept surgery but refuse chemo/radiation/endocrine therapy do, which is to credit their survival to the quackery they chose and not to the surgery that actually cured them. At least they lived.

      3:20 PM - 14 Feb 2019
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        2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 14 Feb 2019
          Replying to @gorskon @SkepMedicine

          In other words, I value saving the patient's life with what I CAN do (surgery) if I can, or at least giving her the best chance that *I* can give her and get her to accept.

          1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes
        3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 14 Feb 2019
          Replying to @gorskon @SkepMedicine

          If she wants to attribute her survival to the quackery that she chose in addition to surgery I persuaded her to accept, so be it. Such is life. At least she's alive to do that.

          0 replies 1 retweet 7 likes
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