Cancer Industry
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"Cancer Industry" is a commonly used term among alternative medicine practitioners and writers when criticising practitioners and advocates of evidence-based medicine, including the Food and Drug Administration, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Children With Leukaemia, the American Cancer Society, The Breast Cancer Research Foundation and the National Cancer Institute, as well as any and all cancer-related charities. Proponents of the term allege that the Cancer Industry only researches patentable chemicals and synthetic drugs and represents the interests of pharmaceutical companies, while actively preventing research into "natural", plant-based and non-patentable treatments.[1]
Allegations are also made that the Cancer Industry discourages the promotion of preventive medicine, such as good nutrition.[2]
Dr. Samuel Epstein alleges that the American Cancer Society is economically motivated, and that this reflects a conflict of interest.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Moss, Ralph W. (1996). The Cancer Industry, New Updated Edition. Equinox Press. ISBN 1881025098.
- ^ Mansfield, Dr Peter (Apr 2002). "The Cancer Industry". Ecologist 32 (3): 23. ISSN 0261-3131.
- ^ The American Cancer Society: The World's Wealthiest "Nonprofit" Institution
