What upsets me more than anything about this stuff is that someone newly diagnosed, scared, alone comes along and believes it! That to me is dangerous. Not everyone has the common sense or mindset at that point to comprehend exactly what the diagnosis means or what ALL the alternatives are. With some of the doctors I've read about on this and other sites, they are not up on the latest treatments or simply don't care. And if someone in a vulnerable position gets one of those, they don't have much of a chance in my book.
My oncologist has never failed to explain anything I've asked about and a lot of stuff I didn't ask about. Not sure where I would be if I hadn't been hard headed and persistent enough to not accept the original doctors estimate "you'll be dead within the year". Unfortunately, many do believe it and give up. Then they turn to "false hope" by these sites.
Scary to me.