When alternative medicine cures cancer

Dear SLTrib Editor:

Like probably many in our community, chimes went off in my head when I read your headline of 14 June 2004 because of a similarity and proximity to another Utah story that recently hit national headlines.

The reason for this note is that I believe there is additional background information on this story that becomes important because of its likely association with the other child/cancer/court/alternative medicine case.

There are WEBSITES (http://www.jessekoochin.com/) advocating alternative medicine that have followed this child's health. The sites present the child as a glowing success of alternative medical treatment.

Please find this information out for yourself:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Jesse+Koochin%22,

To me, the present outcome does not appear to be glowing example of the success of so-called alternative cancer treatment. I wonder if the child could perhaps be more alive today had the State intervened on his behalf a little sooner. Do you think any of these Websites will ever tell the rest of this story? Someone should.