FDA takes action against 14 companies selling fake cancer treatments

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent warning letters Tuesday to 14 U.S.-based companies they say illegally sold more than 65 products that claim to prevent, diagnose, treat or cure cancer.

The FDA says the products were marketed and sold without its approval.

The FDA says the products make illegal, unproven claims about preventing, reversing or curing cancer.

"Consumers should not use these or similar unproven products because they may be unsafe and could prevent a person from seeking an appropriate and potentially life-saving cancer diagnosis or treatment," said Douglas W. Stearn, director of the Office of Enforcement and Import Operations in the FDA's Office of Regulatory Affairs.

The FDA has requested responses from the 14 companies stating how the violations will be corrected.

The FDA says it has issued more than 90 warning letters in the past 10 years to companies marketing hundreds products making cancer claims on websites, social media and in stores.

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