Reply #108: The Hoxsey Herbal Treatment, which is what the family wants to pursue,

[MilesColtrane]

is illegal in the United States, and didn't even manage to save the man who invented it.

http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ETO/content/ETO_5_3X_Hoxsey_Herbal_Treatment.asp?sitearea=ETO

This seems to be just like a case of Christian Scientists refusing treatment for their child in favor of prayer.
Both prayer and herb juice are faith based.
Until scientific studies prove the efficacy of the Hoxsey treatment, the court has the obligation to protect the kid against his, and his parents beliefs. (google "Prince v. Massachusetts, 321 US 158"}