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Article: The government is conducting a broad assessment of unorthodox cancer therapies.
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- HealthFacts
- Article date:
- May 1, 1988
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THE GOVERNMENT IS CONDUCTING A BROAD ASSESSMENT OF UNORTHODOX CANCER THERAPIES
In response to lobbying efforts by people who had their metastasized cancers successfully treated at Dr. Lawrence Burton's clinic in the Bahamas, Congressman Guy V. Molinari (R-Staten Island, New York) conducted an open hearing in January 1986. "We wanted to see if Dr. Burton's work had any validity," said Michael Torrusio, special assistant on health, energy and the environment for Congressman Molinari. In a telephone interview, Mr. Torrusio said that the people who came to testify "seemed to have hope in an area where they were considered hopeless cases and most have sought ...