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Re:Cancer expert gets experimental treatment for incurable t... by NoMoreNicksLeft on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @12:21PM (#37586123)
> People with nothing to lose make fantastic targets for snake oil fraud.

How much of that is because there's nothing else offered to them, other than snake oil and "have fun dying soon"?

If their entire world is full of hucksters and con men, how can it possibly make things worse to open it up to legitimate research?

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Re:Cancer expert gets experimental treatment for incurable t... by tomsto on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @12:25PM (#37586181)
Agree. My mother had a very serious form of cancer (she’s luckily responded well to treatment) but she was overwhelmed by con men promising hope. Adding legitimate research makes this mix less toxic, not more
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