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Cancer: Hope for Sale?

Richard Bilton investigates a controversial American doctor who claims he can cure cancer. Why has he been allowed to sell an unproven and experimental treatment for 30 years?

Reporter Richard Bilton investigates a controversial American doctor who claims he can cure cancer. Celebrities have helped raise hundreds of thousands of pounds to send British patients to his clinic. But Dr Burzynski's treatment has been dismissed by mainstream medicine and the US authorities have tried to close him down. So why has he been allowed to sell an unproven and experimental treatment for 30 years?

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 7 Jun 2013 02:05
BBC Two Northern Ireland

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Credits

Reporter Richard Bilton
Producer Elizabeth Byrne
Executive Producer Andrew Head
Editor Tom Giles

Broadcasts

  • Mon 3 Jun 2013 20:30
    BBC One
  • Thu 6 Jun 2013 04:30
    BBC News UK
  • Fri 7 Jun 2013 01:05
    BBC Two except Northern Ireland
  • Fri 7 Jun 2013 02:05
    BBC Two Northern Ireland

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