Shark cartilage, often touted as a cancer cure, has proved worthless in the first careful scientific study in people with advanced tumors.
Doctors estimate that 50,000 U.S. cancer victims have tried shark cartilage, either alone or with standard drugs.
This and dozens of other herbs and potions sold as dietary supplements have proliferated since 1994, when Congress exempted them from regulation by the Food and Drug Administration.
The latest study, conducted and largely financed by the independent Cancer Treatment Research Foundation in Arlington Heights, Ill., tested shark cartilage powder on terminally ill cancer patients and found it did nothing to slow their disease or improve their quality of life.
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