tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post8798950136667748367..comments2024-01-10T17:36:15.040-07:00Comments on The Lippard Blog: Science-based medicine conference, part 2: cancer quackeryLippardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16826768452963498005noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-11323561723367842082009-07-14T07:07:27.662-07:002009-07-14T07:07:27.662-07:00Dr. Gorski has a blog post at the Science-Based Me...Dr. Gorski has <a href="http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=10" rel="nofollow">a blog post at the Science-Based Medicine blog which discusses Tinkham's case</a>. He quotes her testimonial: "She can still feel the tumor just underneath the surface of her skin, where it will probably remain for a while.<br /><br /> But she knows it’s harmless. Now, it’s simply her badge of honor - the reminder that she, Kim Tinkham, defeated cancer without any surgery, invasive procedures, radiation or chemotherapy."<br /><br />He goes on to note that there is no blood test that can tell a woman she is free of breast cancer.Lippardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16826768452963498005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-62755852759904856702009-07-13T23:19:45.241-07:002009-07-13T23:19:45.241-07:00Jim,
Good article(s).
One minor factual issue un...Jim,<br />Good article(s). <br /><br />One minor factual issue under the "Kim Tinkham" tesimonial, you don't actually know for certain that the cancer did not go away. I suspect you are correct, but I don't think you can say for certain from the evidence you present.<br /><br />As a cancer patient, it is easy to understand how people turn to "quackery" after scientific methods fail. Or even before they fail. Cancer has an extremely strong emotional impact and I've experienced first hand having logic and rationality go right out the window.Michael Nortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11713725112252169538noreply@blogger.com