Warner Still An Advocate For His Healing Methods

It has been 18 months since Dr. Glenn Warner's medical license was revoked, seven months since a King County Superior Court judge ruled he didn't have the authority to overturn the ruling against Warner and three months since Gov. Mike Lowry said his hands were tied as well.

Will Warner ever have his license reinstated and be allowed to resume his practice?

"Probably not," said the 77-year-old Bellevue resident, who has resigned himself somewhat to writing and lecturing but hasn't given up the fight over what he thinks is an unfair system.

"We're working with the Legislature to see if we can make this a more level playing field, and if it's possible for people to get a fair trial, which it doesn't appear we can get," Warner said.

Warner clashed with others in the medical community over his belief that cancer could be treated through nutrition, meditation, stress management, patient attitude and stimulation of the body's immune system.

Over the years, he has treated more than 1,500 patients, many of them through his Northwest Oncology Clinic in Seattle. Many remain among his fervent supporters.

But the deaths of two patients in 1990 - deaths that some in the medical community think could have been avoided if the patients had had traditional radiation and chemotherapy treatments - ultimately caused the state Medical Quality Assurance Commission to revoke his license.

In addition to writing and lecturing, Warner has been taking postgraduate courses in immunology.

And his cancer-support group has grown from one to two sessions each week at the Bellevue Congregational Church. Those sessions are at 7 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays.