This site’s main purpose is to debunk ineffective methods marketed as “cures.” If you or a loved one is diagnosed with cancer, investigate carefully and don’t let fear or desperation cloud your judgment.
About Cancer Treatment Watch
- About Drs. Barrett and Moran
- Cheers and Jeers (posted 7/6/06)
General Information
- Tumor Grading (posted 8/21/05)
- Cancer Drugs: Weighing Risks vs Benefits (posted 1/29/07)
- Do Biopsies Spread Cancers? (updated 4/16/07)
- Taking Part in Cancer Research Studies (posted 12/7/12)
- How Well Does Chemotherapy Work? (link to another site)
- NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Cancer Prevention
- American Cancer Society Guidelines on Nutrition and Physical Activity
- Prevalence of Actual and Mythical Beliefs about Cancer Causes (posted 4/27/18)
Questionable Approaches
- Ten Ways to Spot Ineffective Cancer Therapy (posted 2/17/18)
- Index of Questionable Methods (link to Quackwatch)
- Undercover Investigation of Mexican Cancer Clinics (1968) (posted 7/21/18)
- Beware of Online Cancer Fraud (posted 6/18/08)
- 125 Fake Cancer ‘Cures’ Consumers Should Avoid (posted 6/18/08)
- Simoncini Cancer Therapy (posted 8/7/08)
- Bogus Cures (1911) (posted 4/8/07)
- Cancer Quackery: Past and Present (FDA Consumer, 1977) (posted 11/5/05)
- Background History of the Gerson Clinic (1986) (posted 8/6/08)
- Canadian Competition Bureau Dissects Online Cancer Scam (posted 6/13/08)
- Is There Really a Conspiracy to Suppress Cancer Cures? (posted 10/23/07)
- Claims for REM SuperPro Generator Land Two Men in Prison (posted 12/27/11)
- Victim Case Reports (updated 9’13/20)
- A Skeptical Look at Antimalignocyt (CH-23) (posted 10/1/09)
- A Skeptical Look at Mind-Body Medicine for Cancer Patients (posted 3/6/06)
- Be Wary of Nieper Therapy (posted 6/25/06)
- Holt Microwave Cancer Therapy (2005) (posted 9/16/07)
- Index to Information on Laetrile
- The Manner Metabolic Seminar (1988) posted 12/20/18)
- The Status of Mucorhicin in California (1965) (posted 7/22/06)
- Penthouse’s Promotion of Hydrazine Sulfate (posted 7/23/06)
- Dr. Robert A. Good’s Opinion of Gonzalez Metabolic Therapy (posted 9/30/13)
- Unproven Breast Imaging Technologies (posted 9/7/15)
- Outcome analysis of breast cancer patients who declined evidence-based treatment (posted 11/12/15)
- Unsound Methods of Cancer Treatment (1990) posted 3/7/18)
- The Rise and Fall of PC SPES and Its Marketers (posted 3/23/18)
- Legal Aspects of Questionable Cancer Remedies (posted 8/16/20)
- The Cancer “Cures” (Wallace F. Janssen, 1978) (posted 8/18/20)
- Worthless Methods of Cancer Management (Helene Brown, 1986) (posted 8/18/20)
- The Prevalence of Unproven Cancer Treatment in the United States (1989)
- The Treatment of Cancer with Arginase (1953 report) (posted 9/6/20
- The Treatment of Cancer by John E. Gregory, M.D. (1954) (posted 9/6/20)
- Index of American Cancer Society File Material on Unproven Methods (1972)
Government Actions
- Gregory Caplinger and His Cancer Scam (link to Quackwatch)
- Fake Doctor Convicted of Practicing Medicine without a License (posted 1/12/14)
- Christine Daniel Sentenced to Prison (posted 1/3/17)
- Defiant Black Salve Seller Gets Six-Year Prison Sentence (posted 7/10/17)
- Government Actions against Emanuel Rivici, M.D. (posted 12/17/18)
- FDA Bans Cesium Chloride As Compounded Drug Ingredient (posted 2/4/19)
- FDA Warning against Hoxsey Cancer Treatment (1956)
Government Reports
- New Vaccine to Prevent Cervical Cancer (posted 7/22/06)
- FDA Commissioner’s Report on Laetrile (1977) (posted 12/11/07)
- Cancer, Cancer Quackery, and the Cancer Law (California 1972) (posted 7/17/18)
- Regulation and Control of Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment in California [1959-1964] [1972] [1976] (posted 9/14/14)
- Unconventional Cancer Treatment (OTA 1990): Text || PDF
