October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and experts are educating the public on false alternative treatments for the disease. With expensive medical treatment a certainty, a breast cancer patient may seek alternative cures they find online. Dr. Liz O’Riordan, a breast surgeon and cancer survivor, said after a diagnosis, patients are often scared and willing to try anything. She explained scammers prey on desperation. “There are lots and lots of people who are selling products, or cures, or clinics, and they have glowing testimonials,” O’Riordan pointed out. “They promise you a miracle cure. It’s clever marketing. They spend thousands and thousands trying to lure you in, and we are sitting ducks.” Breast cancer is detected when the uncontrolled growth and the spread of abnormal cel

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