Cancer Patients Are Overmedicated To Enrich Health Systems, Study Claims

Cancer Patients Are Overmedicated To Enrich Health Systems, Study Claims

Cancer patients treated by physicians participating in the 340B Program receive more medications, including those outside guidelines, without improvements in survival.

Performative Oncology: The Rise of Cancer Influencers and the Erosion of Evidence

The Spectacle of Sickness There is a calculated rhythm to the videos. A grainy close-up of someone solemnly describing their diagnosis. A quick cut to a shelf of supplements, herbs, and essential oils. A caption reading, “What your doctor won’t tell you.” And then the punchline: a promise that stage IV cancer can be reversed by lemon water and positive energy. These posts do not dwell in fringe corners of the internet. They dominate TikTok’s “#n…