Clinic’s cancer therapy criticised

A CLINIC claiming its therapy can stop cancer from growing or spreading by using the patient’s own white blood cells has been severely criticised by the Irish Cancer Society.

“There is no clinical need for this therapy,” said the society’s information services manager Sonya Bowen.

The cells are taken from a patient and then frozen so they can be re-infused at a later date if the patient becomes ill. The private Irish Centre for Integrated Medicine (ICIM), which is offering the service, claims the treatment can be used to boost a patient’s chances of surviving cancer.