Increasing rates of double mastectomies in early stage breast cancer

Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

David P. Winchester MD, Medical Director of Cancer Programs for the American College of Surgeons, discusses recent data showing a more than a 100% increase in the rate that young women with early Read more »

Steven Greer MD: A discussion with Bill O’Reilly about radiation risks

A discussion with Bill O’Reilly about radiation risks from the Fukushima nuclear meltdowns and the fallout hitting the U.S. and entire globe.

Updated: February 28, 2012

A report on the handling of the Fukushima nuclear plant crisis confirmed what Dr. Greer first said last year: that the government and TEPCO were lying to the public and downplaying the risk, while also being incompetent in handling the meltdowns.

Overview of rHGH therapy

January 14, 2015- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

We interviewed Dr. Shlomo Melmed, Director of the Clinical Research Institute and Dean of Faculty at Read more »

Antoni Ribas, MD discusses cancer drugs targeting the PD1 signaling pathways

Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

March 19, 2013

The upcoming ASCO meeting will be dominated by numerous presentations relating to new cancer drugs targeting the cell surface molecule called PD-L1, and the immune cell receptors PD1. Early Phase 1 data in non-small cell lung cancer, renal cancer, and melanoma demonstrated such impressive sustained tumor responses that they papers were published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Antoni Ribas, MD of the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center is involved in trials testing some of these new molecules. In the video interview, he explains the mechanisms of action, reviews data published so far, and previews new data to be seen at ASCO.

Phase 3 data on BRAF and MEK combos for melanoma

Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD

We have previously reported on Phase 2 data indicating that the combination of a BRAF and MEK inhibitor drug Read more »

The Daltrey Townshend teenage and young adult cancer center at UCLA

More than 20 years ago, Roger Daltrey began forming special cancer units in the UK to treat patients in their teenage and young adult years. Now, with the other member of the legendary rock band The Who, Pete Townshend, they have formed the UCLA Daltrey/Townshend cancer center and are planning more in the united states. We had the honor to be granted a rare interview with Mr. Daltrey.

Interview with Simon Townshend about the Daltrey/Townshend Teen Cancer Program

The Daltrey Townshend teenage and young adult cancer center at UCLA

Leonard Saltz, MD: The unsustainable cost of cancer drugs

Interviewed by Steven Greer, MD

Leonard Saltz, MD, of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, discusses how the targeted cancer drugs developed within the last 5 years (Avastin, Tarceva, Sutent, Nexavar, etc) are escalating the total cost burden per cancer patient to unsustainable levels.

How pain pills almost killed my mother after elective knee surgery

May 21, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD

My mother is in her 70’s and in good health except for debilitating knee arthritis. After considerable research and second opinion (a bad spine surgeon misdiagnosed her knee pain as sciatica), she underwent elective total-knee replacement of her left knee with a Stryker Triathlon implant. Her surgeon was Dr. Vivek Sahai who operates out of Riverside Hospital, in Columbus, Ohio.

The surgery went well. Several days after surgery, she was eating and tolerating physical therapy, but was taking Oxycontin. I am too aware of the dangers of opioids, and that worried me. Read more »

Why the lack of outrage over smoking depicted in film and television?

To Senators Dick Durbin, Richard Blumenthal, Sherrod Brown, and Edward Markey

cc: Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

cc: Ari Emanuel, CEO, William Morris Endeavor

January 20, 2014

Dear Senators:

Recently, two people at the Golden Globes awards show (Leonardo DiCaprio and Julia Louis-Dreyfus) were photographed smoking e-cigarettes. Then, your group of senators (i.e. Durbin, Blumenthal, Brown, and Markey) wrote a letter to NBC and the Golden Globes producers expressing concern that the images would help promote real cigarette smoking.

With such outrage over two obscure glimpses of e-cigarettes, why then is nothing being said about this pervasive film directing style that shows close-ups of actors smoking real cigarettes?

The latest example of this cinematic style is the new HBO drama “True Detectives”. Every single scene (no exaggeration) of Matthew McConaughey shows him with a cigarette in his mouth. It is repulsive. I have to look away.

More concerning than my discomfort is that this show now encourages smoking by associating one of the most admired leading men in Hollywood with chain smoking. I could list dozens of other films and TV dramas that also portray smoking the same way.

Hollywood violence, in film and video games, encourages violence. Now, Hollywood portrayals of cigarette smokers is promoting cancer.

Why is there no outrage?

Steven E. Greer, MD