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size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="ASCO integrative oncology" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.respectfulinsolence.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ASCO-logo.jpg?w=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/www.respectfulinsolence.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ASCO-logo.jpg?resize=300%2C172&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.respectfulinsolence.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ASCO-logo.jpg?resize=768%2C440&ssl=1 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" data-attachment-id="35615" data-permalink="https://www.respectfulinsolence.com/2022/11/28/ascos-new-guidelines-promote-quackery-for-cancer-pain/asco-logo/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.respectfulinsolence.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ASCO-logo.jpg?fit=1024%2C587&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1024,587" data-comments-opened="1" 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These guidelines endorsed quackery like reflexology and acupuncture. 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Congress","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"925216061","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Alternative cancer cures: Beware the cancer quack" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.respectfulinsolence.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cancerquack.jpg?fit=233%2C300&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.respectfulinsolence.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cancerquack.jpg?fit=580%2C746&ssl=1" /> </div> </figure> <div class="post-inner thin "> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Earlier this week, a new survey from the American Society of Clinical Oncology showed that belief in alternative cancer cures is common, with roughly four out of ten Americans believing that “natural” alternative treatments alone can cure cancer, without any conventional oncologic therapies, like chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation therapy. This survey points to just how ingrained misinformation about cancer is in our society and how much work advocates of science-based oncology have ahead of them to combat it.</p> <div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing"><h3 class="sd-title">Share this:</h3><div class="sd-content"><ul><li class="share-email"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="" class="share-email sd-button" href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#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" target="_blank" title="Click to email a link to a friend" data-email-share-error-title="Do you have email set up?" data-email-share-error-text="If you're having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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breast cancer patients. Not surprisingly, SIO advocated “integrating” dubious therapies with oncology. Last week, the most influential oncology society, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), endorsed a 2017 update to the SIO guidelines, thus endorsing the “integration” of quackery with oncology and paving the way for insurance coverage. 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