Could Stem Cell Therapy Help Hospitalized Farrah Fawcett Fight Cancer?




The actress was diagnosed with anal cancer in 2006 and was originally treated at The Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center with chemotherapy and radiation. But several unsubstantiated reports say Fawcett has been receiving stem cell treatments in Germany, possibly for more than year.

Nevius said those reports are completely false.

"It's never had anything to do with stem cells or alternative treatments like shark cartilage, coffee enemas or unproven detoxification diets," Nevius told the Associated Press.

"It's much more scientific than that. It's not a fringe treatment," he said, and the doctors have "multiple, multiple degrees."

Fawcett's Los Angeles cancer specialist, Dr. Lawrence Piro said it was a "simple procedure"