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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 31 Mar 2019

      But how can this be? Well, most people don't know that in breast cancer the surgery is curative. The radiation therapy then decreases the risk of local tumor recurrence, while chemotherapy decreases the risk of recurrence elsewhere in the body (distant recurrence). 10/

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    2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 31 Mar 2019

      Sure, there can be exceptions. Triple negative breast cancer, as well as hormone receptor-negative/HER2-positive can sometimes be "cured" with chemotherapy alone, but that's the exception. Of course, Gerson therapy cures nothing. 11/

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    3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 31 Mar 2019

      In any event, all a woman like Ms. Shemirani accomplishes by refusing adjuvant chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and hormonal therapy is to decrease her chances of survival after successful surgical extirpation of her tumor by roughly 30%, give or take. 12/

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    4. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 31 Mar 2019

      I'm glad Ms. Shemirani is alive and doing well, but, make no mistake, she is alive in spite of her bad decision, not because of it, contrary to what she believes and preaches. 13/

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    5. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 31 Mar 2019

      Also make no mistake, Gerson protocol is utter quackery, complete with five coffee enemas a day. 14/https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-not-so-beautiful-untruth-about-the-gerson-therapy-and-cancer-quackery/ …

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    6. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 31 Mar 2019

      Indeed, reliance on the Gerson protocol to treat their cancers led to the deaths of Jess Ainscough (a.k.a. The Wellness Warrior) and her mother. 15/https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-gerson-protocol-and-the-death-of-jess-ainscough/ …

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    7. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 31 Mar 2019

      So, by promoting the Gerson protocol, Ms. Shemirani is tempting women with breast down a path that will decrease their chances of surviving their cancers. 16/

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    8. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 31 Mar 2019

      Worse, by stating publicly she believes that her mastectomy made no difference in her surviving her cancer, that she thinks she would have done just as well without surgery, she is promoting a message that could lead to women with curable breast cancer dying unnecessarily. 17/

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    9. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 31 Mar 2019

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      Her excuse does not change the bottom line. Women who follow her advice will increase their chances of dying of their cancers—by a huge amount if they decide not to have surgery. 18/ https://twitter.com/fitnjuicing1/status/1112473180323627009 …

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    10. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 31 Mar 2019

      None of that, unfortunately, stops Ms. Shemirani from promoting "what has worked for me." Bennett mind that the"informed choice" she touts is in reality misinformed consent. 19/

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      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 31 Mar 2019

      I realize that Ms. Shemirani believes she is doing good, but she is not. Far from it. Her advice about breast cancer treatment, if followed, will at best decrease a woman's odds of survival. At worst (foregoing surgery), it will lead to her very unpleasant death. 20/20

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        2. Bob Blaskiewicz‏ @rjblaskiewicz 31 Mar 2019
          Replying to @gorskon

          Her timeline is a mess.

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        3. Dr Horsey McHorseface  ⚫‏ @IncitatusAlpha 31 Mar 2019
          Replying to @rjblaskiewicz @gorskon

          That's the problem with time travel. Things keep happening in the wrong order.

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        1. Cynthia, That’s All‏ @Ab_Synthia2 31 Mar 2019
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          Seems a generous characterization.

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        1. Jane wants to science you‏ @JaneDiGi 31 Mar 2019
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          Clearly the cautionary tale of Jess Ainscough and her mother’s catastrophic embrace of Gerson has been well and truly erased from their platform.

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        1. Tzed928 -- Get your damn vaccine!‏ @tzed928 31 Mar 2019
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          ^^^THIS ! Thanks for posting. Back in the 70s my Grandmother had breast cancer. She had the only treatment available, radical double mastectomy, followed by chemo and radiation. She did eventually die of cancer, but not until several years later. Years we were all glad of.

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        2. Brett Chrest‏ @Chrest_brett 31 Mar 2019
          Replying to @gorskon

          I'd also love to mention that she also apparently used B17 (Amygdalin) for "treatment" too....didn't even have time to get into it but also another dangerous mess.

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        3. Brett Chrest‏ @Chrest_brett 2 Apr 2019
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          It says her page no longer exists, victory?

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