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Shocking misinformation on cancer treatment. There is a statement from the MZ, MPC and oncologists

MedExpress Team

Medexpress

Published Oct. 25, 2024 12:10

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fot. Piotr Wójcik
The Minister of Health, the Patient Ombudsman and the oncology community have issued a joint statement on disinformation regarding cancer treatment. At issue are the theories propounded by Jerzy Zięba, who compared the effects of chemotherapy to those of Zyklon B, with which the Nazis carried out mass murders in gas chambers.

Below is the full statement:

In this statement, we present the joint position of the oncology community and the Minister of Health and the Patient Ombudsman, strongly objecting to the content contained in Mr. Jerzy Zięba's statement on anti-cancer treatment, including a comparison of the effects of chemotherapy to Zyklon B, used in the gas chambers of the Nazi death camps during World War II. This kind of content, which appeared in excerpts of statements posted in the public space, can undermine patients' trust in modern medicine and bring danger to the life or health of oncology patients.

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