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Hoxsey's Burning Cancer Treatments
- Harry Hoxsey treated many with presumed external cancers like lip cancer, often with burning ointments.
- Some patients who didn't really have cancer were 'cured', fueling his false success claims.
Marketing by Smearing Medicine
- Hoxsey's marketing focused on discrediting mainstream medicine rather than proving his own cure.
- He promised a >50% success rate and attacked doctors as money-driven charlatans.
Origins of Fake Cancer Cure Industry
- Distrust of modern medical science and costly treatments fuel the fake cancer cure industry.
- Hoxsey pioneered these tactics decades before they exploded on the internet.