I just came across this announcement and thought I let the readers of this blog know about it:
Journal of Cancer Therapy Special Issue on Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Cancer
A complementary therapy is treatment that is used along with standard medical treatment. An alternative therapy is generally used instead of conventional medical treatment. They both are non-traditional methods of diagnosing, preventing, or treating cancer or its symptoms, and usually have not gone through rigorous testing and are not supported by evidence. Some types of therapy may not be completely safe and may even cause harmful side effects.
In this special issue, we intend to invite front-line researchers and authors to submit original research and review articles on exploring Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Cancer. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Acupuncture
- Amygdalin
- Brachytherapy
- Cyberknife
- Essiac therapy
- Herbal remedies
- Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
- Ketogenic diet
- Massage therapy
- Music therapy
- Photodynamic therapy
- Relaxation techniques
I know nothing about this journal; I cannot say that it looks overtly woolly – but the announcement seems a little odd. Some of the treatments listed, for instance, clearly do NOT fall under the umbrella of CAM. And, somehow, I get the feeling that they might be looking for contributions that are in favour of CAM for cancer or promote ‘integrative oncology’ – but I might be entirely wrong here.
Anyway, to make sure they get some critical submissions on the subject, I thought I let all of you know. Perhaps you feel like sending them an article pointing out that AN ALTERNATIVE CANCER CURE IS A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS.
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Now I do not have the time, but if I were retired, I’d consider pulling a Sokal-stunt on them by writing a completely made up article and see if they would call the bluff. It is rather easy to make up a personality with the e-mail, website, plausible sounding credentials etc. The easiest would be to make up the study 🙂
Wonder what they charge for a publication?
Yeah WTF are Brachy and Cyberknife doing in that list? Bizarre.
I have come across this journal once before, as it has been used by überquack Stanislaw Burzynski to publish some of his “trials” of Antineoplastons. I believe it is a predatory open access journal.
They’re certainly on Jeffrey Beall’s radar: https://scholarlyoa.com/?s=scirp