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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Andrew Gregory in Chicago

Cancer experts warn of coffee enemas and juice diets amid rise in misinformation

A mug of espresso surrounded by coffee beans
Coffee enemas are sometimes used by naturopathic practitioners to treat cancer and other diseases. Photograph: Adam Smigielski/Getty Images

Cancer patients are snubbing proven treatments in favour of quackery such as coffee enemas and raw juice diets amid an “alarming” increase in misinformation on the web, doctors have said.

Some were dying needlessly or seeing tumours spread as a result, oncologists said. They raised their concerns at the world’s largest cancer conference in Chicago, the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (Asco).

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