Anthony Olson is one of many patients who may have received harmful or unnecessary treatments from Montana oncologist Dr. Thomas C. Weiner, according to court records.

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“I thought he was helping me”: Patient endured nine years of chemotherapy for cancer he never had

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		Anthony Olson wanted a career, children, a partner with whom he could hike Montana’s trails. Despite the diabetes diagnosis at age 4, the anemia, th...

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'Thought he was helping': Patient endures 9 years of chemotherapy for cancer he never had

Anthony Olson wanted a career, children, a partner with whom he could hike Montana’s trails. Despite the diabetes diagnosis at age 4, the anemia, the kidney transplant that failed at age 29, the dialysis, he clung to those dreams. He attended community college and later moved from his parents’ house in Helena to study accounting at Montana Tech in Butte. He thought he might live a nearly normal life.All of that was taken away in early 2011 when …

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'Thought he was helping me': Patient endured 9 years of chemotherapy for cancer he never had

Anthony Olson was told he’d die without treatment and to ignore a negative biopsy. He’s one of many patients who may have received harmful or unnecessary treatments from Dr. Weiner.

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'I thought he was helping me': Patient endured 9 years of chemotherapy for cancer he never had

(ProPublica) – Anthony Olson was told that he’d die without the treatment and to ignore a negative biopsy. He’s one of many patients who may have received harmful or unnecessary treatments from Montana oncologist Dr. Thomas C. Weiner, according to court records. All of that was taken away in early 2011 when an oncologist at St. Peter’s, Helena’s only hospital, diagnosed him with myelodysplastic syndrome, a blood disorder that’s often described a…

“I thought he was helping me”: Patient endured nine years of chemotherapy for cancer he never had

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