Special Report: Behind a cancer-treatment firm's rosy survival claims

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Special Report: Behind a cancer-treatment firm's rosy survival claims

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/special-report-behind-cancer-treatment-firms-rosy-survival-125342638.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0Gqu1AdEMf8UofO.OM4Rbw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-06T124930Z_588418031_GM1E9361L6Z01_RTRMADP_3_USA-CANCER-CTCA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Keith Hilborn holds a photo of his wife at his daughter's home in Summerville" align="left" title="Keith Hilborn holds a photo of his wife at his daughter's home in Summerville" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - When the local doctor who had been treating Vicky Hilborn told her that her rare cancer had spread throughout her body, including her brain, she and her husband refused to accept a death sentence. Within days, Keith Hilborn was on the phone with an &quot;oncology information specialist&quot; at Cancer Treatment Centers of America. Hilborn had seen CTCA's website touting survival rates better than national averages. His call secured Vicky an appointment at the for-profit, privately held company's Philadelphia affiliate, Eastern Regional Medical Center. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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