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In reply to the discussion: Cancer Treatment Centers of America. Anyone else feel disturbed watching their ads? [View all]ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)6. It is also prayer-centered treatment. A neighbor's mother bought into it
went for a consult, found out how much it cost and the whole daily prayer thing and ran screaming. Unfortunately we lost her to Metastatic Melanoma 2 years ago.
There was a great article about some of their treatments being wildly out of date, their "different" approach being the prayer mixed with homeopathy thing and whatnot. I'll see if I can find it.
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Cancer Treatment Centers of America. Anyone else feel disturbed watching their ads? [View all]
Locut0s
Feb 2013
OP
He's a NW Subrban Chicago wingnut extrordinaire with an 86-point score on Muckety.
Snarkoleptic
Feb 2013
#22
It is also prayer-centered treatment. A neighbor's mother bought into it
ScreamingMeemie
Feb 2013
#6
I'm sorry to hear of that story, but good on him, sounds like he's a courageous and...
Locut0s
Feb 2013
#13
They take people who are going to die regardless of treatment, and add huge debt to their woes. nt
SunSeeker
Feb 2013
#14
Someone posted here awhile back, that these pos bastards were harassing an old woman for money owed.
Mnemosyne
Feb 2013
#15
to my mind, "advertisements" and "truth" have nothing to do with each other. n/t
NRaleighLiberal
Feb 2013
#20
The best, most successful treatment I have seen was received at a state medical center associated
patrice
Feb 2013
#30
Worst of the worst piece of shit, bottom-feeding thieves preying on the most desperate, and insured,
Egalitarian Thug
Feb 2013
#34