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by nokicky 2168 days ago
Sick people often seek alternative therapies because doctors do not have any treatments to offer

He had the option of chemotherapy with a 50 / 50 chance of long term survival.

The article is not about seeking alternative treatments as a last resort, it is about disregarding well proven science in favour of unproven (and in this case ineffective) alternatives.