Next up on the list of things that suck . . .

The Burzynski clinic, based in Houston, Texas.

This "clinic" features mega-expensive cancer "treatments" that have not been approved by the FDA and have not been proven to work in ANY clinical trials.  To hide this, the clinic threatens to sue high school students who point out these facts.  The clinic's attorney actually issued a veiled physical threat by e-mailing the student a Google Map satellite view of the student's house.

The Burzynski clinic is a fraud, bilking desperate, ill people out of their money, giving them false hope and directing them away from treatments that actually save lives.

Burzynski’s published research has been criticised by oncologists and scientists alike. Dr Howard Ozer, director of the Allegheny Cancer Center in Philadelphia, called the research “scientific nonsense”. Independent studies failed to replicate Burzynski’s results, suggesting there may be a strong bias in Burzynski’s research. The FDA have not approved the treatment for any diseases. A 2004 analysis of evidence for a number of alternative treatments for cancer, including Burzynski’s own antineoplaston therapy, said that “The label “unproven” is inappropriate for such therapies; it is time to assert that many alternative cancer therapies have been “disproven.”” In short, it’s quackery – ineffective treatment promoted as effective and sold for a very high price.

These frauds should be run out of business and prosecuted.


Other fun posts about this clinic here and here.  I love it when the Internet comes together to smack down some scumbags.