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Paul- I am not unduly worried about the barring of this information. I know that the provision to ban claims of unproven cancer cures came about because of the cruel behaviour of many 'doctors' and such-like who preyed on the desperate patients with cancer. The ban was enacted many years ago.

I am not aware that the death rate for cancer in Australia is horrifically high, compared to other counties- in fact Australia has one of the highest rates of life expectancy in the world. I am aware that for some forms of the disease the cure rate is, in fact, increasing markedly. Some cancers are still hard to treat, and that is the problem with cancer. There is not only one type, and the causes and cures for one are different from the causes and cures for another. So claiming an overall cure cure is rather unlikely.

Whilst such claims do offer hope for some, such treatment is often unpleasant, often unsuccessful and usually time consuming for people who have really not got much time left.