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Once more, the woo-woos have seduced another victim.
Actress (or must I say actor in these PC times?) Sylvia Millecam has died of breast cancer, having been traeted by a total of 26 alternative practitioners and refusing medical treatment.
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Her general practitioner had first identified a lump of 1 cm radius in her breast. She was referred to a hospital radiology department, but the tests were inconclusive. She was referred to a surgeon, but instead she chose a doctor who practised alternative electro-acupuncture. She was assured that nothing was the matter.
The next May breast cancer was diagnosed, and surgery was recommended. Instead she saw a popular faith healer who said she did not have cancer and advised against chemotherapy. She then began regular visits for "healings." Over the next year she sought various cures, including "cell specific cancer treatment" at a Swiss clinic and "salt therapy," and visited a psychic healer. She was told on at least two occasions that she did not have cancer but a bacterial infection.
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/328/7438/485-c
Actress (or must I say actor in these PC times?) Sylvia Millecam has died of breast cancer, having been traeted by a total of 26 alternative practitioners and refusing medical treatment.
Quote:
Her general practitioner had first identified a lump of 1 cm radius in her breast. She was referred to a hospital radiology department, but the tests were inconclusive. She was referred to a surgeon, but instead she chose a doctor who practised alternative electro-acupuncture. She was assured that nothing was the matter.
The next May breast cancer was diagnosed, and surgery was recommended. Instead she saw a popular faith healer who said she did not have cancer and advised against chemotherapy. She then began regular visits for "healings." Over the next year she sought various cures, including "cell specific cancer treatment" at a Swiss clinic and "salt therapy," and visited a psychic healer. She was told on at least two occasions that she did not have cancer but a bacterial infection.
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/328/7438/485-c
