Hoxsey Therapy

Hoxsey Therapy

The Hoxsey Therapy or Hoxsey Method is a alternative medical treatment promoted as a cure for cancer. The therapy consists of a caustic herbal paste for external cancers or an herbal mixture for "internal" cancers, combined with laxatives, douches, vitamin supplements, and dietary changes. Reviews by major medical bodies, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society, [http://documents.cancer.org/6516.00/ Hoxsey Herbal Treatment] , from the American Cancer Society. Accessed March 11 2008.] M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, have found no evidence that the Hoxsey Therapy is an effective treatment for cancer. The sale or marketing of the Hoxsey Method was banned in the United States by the FDA on September 21 1960 as a "worthless and discredited" remedy. []

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External links

Promotional

* [http://www.cancure.org/hoxsey_clinic.htm The Hoxsey Clinic in Tijuana, Mexico]
* [http://hoxsey.com Hoxsey.com - Links to Information Online About the Hoxsey Herbal Therapy]

cientific reviews

* [http://documents.cancer.org/6516.00/ American Cancer Society: Hoxsey Herbal Treatment]
* [http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/PPI/UnconventionalTherapies/HoxseysHerbalTonicHoxseyHerbalTreatment.htm British Columbia Cancer Agency: Hoxsey's Herbal Tonic]
* [http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/69258.cfm Overview of Hoxsey Herbal Therapy] from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
* [http://www.mdanderson.org/departments/CIMER/display.cfm?id=A0AAFDBB-ECA2-11D4-810100508B603A14&method=displayFull&pn=6EB86A59-EBD9-11D4-810100508B603A14 Overview of the Hoxsey Therapy] from M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Narratives

*cite book |title= When Healing Becomes a Crime|last= Ausubel|first= Kenny|year=2000|publisher=Healing Arts Press|location=Rochester, Vermont|isbn=978-0892819256|pages=480 pages
* [http://imdb.com/title/tt0175753/ Hoxsey: How Healing Becomes a Crime (1987)] , 1987 documentary film written and directed by Ausubel
* [http://www.quackwatch.org/13Hx/MM/17.html The Medical Messiahs: A Social History of Health Quackery in Twentieth-Century America] , by James Harvey Young


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