oncologists to use the "torture" of chemotherapy on all non-Jewish patients, while Jewish patients were to receive the "correct" treatment of GNM. Götz, a German holocaust denier active in the German Reich revivalism scene, has been repeatedly convicted by German courts for fraud, defamation, misuse of academic titles (the title "Chief Rabbi" is not legally protected in Germany), and the falsification of documents, among others. Response by medical authorities The Swiss Cancer League of the Swiss Society for Oncology, Swiss Society for Medical Oncology, and Swiss Institute for Applied Cancer Research say that no case of a cancer cure by Hamer has been published in the medical literature, nor any studies in specialised journals. Reports in his books "lack the additional data that are essential for medical assessment" and the presentations of his investigations, at medical conferences "are scientifically unconvincing." Additionally, the German Cancer Research Center, the German Cancer Society, the German Medical Association and German Consumer Councils strongly disagree with Hamer. Proponents of alternative cancer treatments also regard Hamer's theory skeptically and argue for supportive evidence and proven patient cases. The Hamer foci that Hamer saw in the brain CTs are identified by radiologists as common ring artifacts. The medical establishment in Germany and the European Union warns of the threat posed to patients by Hamer's therapies. If effective treatment is neglected, the applying of Hamer's theories is punishable in some countries as malpractice. There are ongoing press reports of victims of Hamer's practice throughout Europe. Publications See also List of unproven and disproven cancer treatments References External links Hamer's official web page Ilsedora Laker web page Karoline Markolin web page Searchlightmagazine and Hamer 1935 births 2017 deaths 20th-century German physicians Alternative cancer treatment advocates German conspiracy theorists German anti-vaccination activists Medical malpractice People from Mettmann People from the Rhine Province