My Malignant Melanoma

What is I presume a paid publicist over on the melanoma board has brought up the old Rigvir (supposed over-the-counter Latvian virus cure for MM) scam again.

The list of publications on the producer's website might look impressive to a non-scientist, but not one of them is published in a journal where fellow scientists get to exercise quality control over claims (what is known as peer-review). Despite being quoted as supposedly supporting the use of the "treatment", the overwhelming majority of the papers do not actually make any claims about the safety or effectiveness of the "therapy". It has never used been in any clinical trial, despite supposedly being developed forty years ago.

Confusingly, there is a real virus therapy for melanoma, Oncovex. What's the difference? There is evidence that Oncovex might work, and be safe. This is not the case for Rigvir. Be warned!

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