The Krebiozen Hoax-An Infamous Quack Cancer Treatment

The Poor Historians: Medical History Misadventures

This episode was brought to you by our main source, the excellent book on the topic by Matthew C. Ehrlich entitled, The Krebiozan Hoax: How a mysterious Cancer Drug Shook Organized Medicine. Check it out via that link and show the author some love. It's a great addition to your medical history library.

This is the story of how a 22-year elaborate hoax was delivered to the American public of the 1940's-1960's in the form of a purported cancer cure. Preying on the hope of those suffering from terminal cancer, one unscrupulous doctor tricked so many others into pushing a fake cure for the disease. We'll dive into the story to figure out if, in fact, Krebiozen, the medication in question, really did exist.

Additional Sources:

-https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/understanding/what-is-cancer

-https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/cancer-death-rate-who-mdb

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krebiozen

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creatine

-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TGjm7wIyUk&t=62s&ab_channel=WilliamKronick

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