A prosecutor has intervened following complaints about a medical practice in central Thessaloniki that allegedly offers cancer treatment using alternative methods, including a machine that claims to destroy cancer cells with electrical energy.
According to reports presented by Greek broadcaster MEGA, the company behind the practice was established in Skopje, North Macedonia in 2011 and opened a base in Thessaloniki in 2024.
The doctor operating at the practice is registered with the Thessaloniki Medical Association as a surgeon, but not as an oncologist.
Audio recording details cancer treatment claims
An audio recording presented by MEGA captures a representative of the practice describing a machine that delivers electrical energy into a patient’s body.
The representative claims that the treatment can destroy cancer cells, strengthen the immune system and improve metabolism without ionising radiation, radiotherapy or side effects.
The representative also claims that the method can treat every type of cancer, with practitioners adjusting how they use it according to the type of cancer.
The practice operates from a doctor’s office on Tsimiski Street in central Thessaloniki.
According to the report, the cost of the treatment varies according to the type and stage of cancer and the patient’s condition. The practice reportedly recommends sessions twice a week in some cases.
Each session costs between €5,000 and €8,000, making the treatment particularly expensive.
Clinic requests patients’ medical records
The representative says prospective patients must provide their medical records before the clinic recommends a treatment plan.
The practice also proposes a liquid biopsy to create a molecular profile of the cancer, which it claims it sends to a specialised laboratory in Switzerland.
In the recorded conversation, a person posing as the relative of an elderly patient with stage-two colon cancer says the patient has undergone surgery but does not want chemotherapy.
The clinic representative asks for the patient’s medical records and says its doctors would review the pathology report and determine what treatment they would recommend and whether it should combine with other treatments.
The representative also says the treatment is available in Thessaloniki but not in North Macedonia.
When asked why the company’s website refers to North Macedonia, the representative explains that a company based there provides services for patients from abroad, but says the treatment itself does not take place there.
Representative says she is not a doctor
During the conversation, the caller asks the representative whether she is a doctor.
“No,” she replies, explaining that the clinic’s doctors would make the necessary recommendations after reviewing the patient’s medical information.
The caller also asks about plasmapheresis. The representative says the practice does not offer the procedure and reiterates that it provides different cancer treatments based on the disease’s molecular profile.
The allegations have prompted prosecutorial intervention, while the claims about the treatment and its effectiveness remain the subject of scrutiny.
