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Medical doctors can hold our lives in their hands. But with great power comes great responsibility, and doctors owe it to their patients to provide accurate information and treatments based on science and evidence. This is the standard we expect and take for granted; yet one doctor, Stanislaw Burzynski, has been skirting medical ethics and scientific protocols for decades with his controversial and unproven cancer treatments, which he claims without evidence, can destroy cancer cells. The Center for Inquiry, which produces this podcast, has worked to expose Burzynski\u2019s treatments and for the FDA to\xa0http://www.centerforinquiry.net/newsroom/stop_burzynskis_dangerous_cancer_treatments/">reinstate restrictions on his dubious medical trials.

This week,\xa0Point of Inquiry\xa0welcomes science journalist Tamar Wilner to discuss the most recent progress in the Burzynski case, and what it\u2019s like to pursue the hard truth within such a murky and emotionally fraught situation. Wilner is a frequent contributor to the\xa0Columbia Journalism Review\xa0and a consultant for the Fact Checking Project at the American Press Institute; she\u2019s written numerous articles on controversial science issues including her recent http://www.newsweek.com/2016/03/04/stanislaw-burzynski-cancer-medical-malfeasance-429057.html">Newsweek\xa0feature, \u201cCancer \u2018Visionary\u2019 Stanislaw Burzynski Stands Trial for Unprecedented Medical Malfeasance.\u201d She\u2019s also been featured at\xa0Skeptical Inquirer\xa0with a piece entitled http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/five_things_i_learned_writing_about_stanislaw_burzynski">\u201cFive Things I Learned Writing about Stanislaw Burzynski.\u201d

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A further explanation of Burzynski\u2019s treatments, the lack of science behind them, and his run-ins with medical authorities can be found in a feature by Dr. David Gorski in the http://www.csicop.org/si/show/stanislaw_burzynski_four_decades_of_an_unproven_cancer_cure">March-April 2014 issue of\xa0Skeptical Inquirer