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Reality Checkers

If a statement or claim seems too good to be true, it probably is. 

If a statement or claim seems too good to be true, it probably is. When conducting online research, be sure to check unsubstantiated claims through reliable resources, such as those listed here.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

“About Herbs, Botanicals & Other Products”

mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/about-herbs-botanicals-other-products

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

“187 Fake Cancer ‘Cures’ Consumers Should Avoid”

www.fda.gov/Drugs/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/EnforcementActivitiesbyFDA/ucm171057.htm

Quackwatch

“A Special Message for Cancer Patients Seeking ‘Alternative’ Treatments”

quackwatch.org/00AboutQuackwatch/altseek.html

American Cancer Society

“Rumors, Myths and Truths”

cancer.org/AboutUs/HowWeHelpYou/rumors-myths-and-truths

American Society of Clinical Oncology

“Cancer Myths”

cancer.net/patient/all+about+cancer/cancer.net+feature+articles/cancer+basics/cancer+myths

Society for Integrative Oncology (SIO)

“SIO Practice Guidelines”

http://www.integrativeonc.org/index.php/sio-publishes-2009-practice-guidelines

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Dr. Alan Tan is a genitourinary oncology (GU) and melanoma specialist at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, Tennessee; an associate professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center; and GU Executive Officer with the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology.
Dr. Chandler Park, a medical oncologist of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, at the Norton Healthcare Institute, in Louisville, Kentucky.
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