My Malignant Melanoma

I see someone has posted more ill-informed hogwash about the alkaline theory of cancer on the Macmillan What Now board.

This article, written by a Professor of Medicine entitled "Acid/Alkaline Theory of Disease Is Nonsense" covers the area in simple terms. The clue's in the title.

The poster also dips more than a toe into the supposed FDA suppression of simple cancer cures paranoid conspiracy theory.

Ah, it's good to be able to call a spade a spade! If I'd posted this on WN, the admins would have allowed people with no rational arguments to call me names at will, or deleted it, as it contains what they term "emotive language". But this IS hogwash, and indeed nonsense, as Professor Mirkin points out.

Tullio Simoncini didn't have his license to practice medicine withdrawn, and get convicted by an Italian judge for wrongful death and swindling at the request of the FDA. It happened because he killed someone with this quackery.

Why are posters on WN expected to allow people to promote such theories to vulnerable cancer patients with lies? Why do they have to be respectful, polite and scrupulously fair at all times with people who are promoting what amounts to an expensive suicide with misinformation?

Labels: alkaline, Cancer, theory, Tullio Simoncini

Cancer Quack "Dr."Tullio Simoncini claims that all cancers are fungal colonies. It might be worth mentioning upfront that his license to practice medicine has been withdrawn, and in 2006 he was convicted by an Italian judge for wrongful death and swindling.

Since it is simple to demonstrate that cancers are in fact human cells gone wrong, he is a quack of the first magnitude. A detailed explanation of why this is is here. His "treatment" is dangerous

Yeast and other fungi are nothing to do with cancer, other than that certain fungi (not Candida) produce a carcinogenic toxin called aflatoxin, and some yeasts (not Candida) produce alcohol under certain circumstances, which is associated with a number of cancers.

The Candida hypersensitivity claim is well-known as a false claim of alternative practitioners. The alkaline theory of cancer is also classic quackery

This also mentions Tullio Simoncini, as well as giving more general rules for evaluating testimonials.

Labels: alkaline, bicarbonate of soda, Cancer, candida, quack, Tullio Simoncini