" 
 :::::::::@ – the only person who has used the phrase ""cure cancer"" is you. I think the claim in the article in question is that somehow acupuncture ""jump starts"" the immune system and so can reduce the chance of recurrence. That is quackery - a very pure form of it since the value proposition is the lie ""I can reduce the chance you'll die if you pay me for my services"". I am sure a lot of acupuncturists that make such claims are making a difference, but sadly only to their own bank accounts. I am also sure acu* also has a number of mostly harmless applications which, for all I know, you confine yourself to. That's fine, but no reason to be soft/defensive about blatant quackery that other acupuncturists evidently engage in.  || "