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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

Credits

RoleContributor
ReporterRichard Bilton
ProducerElizabeth Byrne
Executive ProducerAndrew Head
EditorTom Giles

Broadcasts

  • Mon 3 Jun 201320:30
  • Thu 6 Jun 201304:30
  • Fri 7 Jun 201301:05
  • Fri 7 Jun 201302:05