The Hoxsey Hoax

Article by Joe Schwarcz, PhD, director of McGill University's Office for Science and Society, an established academic science-communication body. Published 10 April 2017; byline and date fetched and confirmed directly from the page. Concludes that the available evidence indicates Hoxsey 'purported to have medical knowledge that he did not actually possess,' i.e. that he was a quack, and situates his legacy among present-day bogus cancer-cure promoters. Used as a second present-day independent-expert critique source and for historical framing (Hoxsey's own prostate-cancer diagnosis and his recourse to conventional surgery).