The claims
Each entry pairs a reported miracle with the documentary record and an honest, confidence-labeled estimate of how likely it is that no natural explanation accounts for it.
10 claims
3% authentic
Strong natural explanation
Sascha Roth, the first patient in a Memorial Sloan Kettering trial of the immunotherapy drug dostarlimab, was packing for radiation when her doctor called to say there was no cancer left to treat; every one of the 12 patients with a specific genetic subtype of rectal cancer reached a complete clinical response, a result one investigator called the first of its kind in the history of cancer — and the mechanism behind it is fully understood, which is exactly why the case belongs here.
Explainedbaselines·Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, USA
Sascha Roth and the Trial Where Every Tumor Vanished (2022)
Sascha Roth, the first patient in a Memorial Sloan Kettering trial of the immunotherapy drug dostarlimab, was packing for radiation when her doctor called to say there was no cancer left to treat; every one of the 12 patients with a specific genetic subtype of rectal cancer reached a complete clinical response, a result one investigator called the first of its kind in the history of cancer — and the mechanism behind it is fully understood, which is exactly why the case belongs here.
26% authentic
Likely a natural explanation
A four-year-old Baltimore girl diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia — then uniformly fatal — experienced complete remission in 1952, verified by a decade of bone marrow tests and accepted by the Vatican as a miracle for the canonization of Elizabeth Ann Seton.
Bronze · contestedhealing·Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Ann O'Neill — Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Remission (1952)
A four-year-old Baltimore girl diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia — then uniformly fatal — experienced complete remission in 1952, verified by a decade of bone marrow tests and accepted by the Vatican as a miracle for the canonization of Elizabeth Ann Seton.
2% authentic
Strong natural explanation
Christian apologist Nabeel Qureshi, diagnosed with stage-4 stomach cancer in 2016, sought healing at Bethel Church in Redding after other medical options were exhausted; he died September 16, 2017, despite the ministry's healing claims.
Explainedhealing·Redding, California, USA / Virginia, USA
Bethel Church Fails to Heal Apologist Nabeel Qureshi of Stage-4 Cancer (2017)
Christian apologist Nabeel Qureshi, diagnosed with stage-4 stomach cancer in 2016, sought healing at Bethel Church in Redding after other medical options were exhausted; he died September 16, 2017, despite the ministry's healing claims.
48% authentic
Genuinely uncertain
A 12-year-old Sicilian girl diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma of the knee — told she had six months to live — traveled to Lourdes in 1976 with no improvement, then recovered completely a few months later without treatment.
Bronze · contestedhealing·Lourdes, France (patient from Paternò, Sicily)
Delizia Cirolli: Ewing's Sarcoma Vanishes Months After Lourdes Visit
A 12-year-old Sicilian girl diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma of the knee — told she had six months to live — traveled to Lourdes in 1976 with no improvement, then recovered completely a few months later without treatment.
23% authentic
Likely a natural explanation
An Italian farmer given months to live with advanced Hodgkin's disease rose from his stretcher after immersion in the Lourdes baths in June 1950 and was declared completely well within three days.
Bronze · contestedhealing·Lourdes, France (patient from Casale Monferrato, Italy)
Evasio Ganora: Terminal Hodgkin's Lymphoma Cured at Lourdes Baths
An Italian farmer given months to live with advanced Hodgkin's disease rose from his stretcher after immersion in the Lourdes baths in June 1950 and was declared completely well within three days.
4% authentic
Strong natural explanation
A woman declared healed of spinal cancer at a Kuhlman service discarded her brace on stage, suffered spinal collapse the next day, and died four months later — the most-cited case in William Nolen MD's 1974 skeptical investigation.
Disprovenhealing·Pittsburgh, PA / Philadelphia, PA, USA
Kathryn Kuhlman's Spinal Cancer Healing (Nolen Follow-up)
A woman declared healed of spinal cancer at a Kuhlman service discarded her brace on stage, suffered spinal collapse the next day, and died four months later — the most-cited case in William Nolen MD's 1974 skeptical investigation.
3% authentic
Strong natural explanation
A randomized controlled trial of 93 men with biopsy-confirmed prostate cancer found that an intensive lifestyle intervention (vegan diet, exercise, meditation) significantly reduced PSA levels and inhibited cancer cell growth without conventional treatment.
Explainedbaselines·University of California, San Francisco, USA
Ornish et al. — Prostate Cancer Progression Halted by Lifestyle Intervention (2005)
A randomized controlled trial of 93 men with biopsy-confirmed prostate cancer found that an intensive lifestyle intervention (vegan diet, exercise, meditation) significantly reduced PSA levels and inhibited cancer cell growth without conventional treatment.
5% authentic
Strong natural explanation
Medical literature documents over 1,000 confirmed cases of spontaneous regression of advanced cancer without curative treatment — a real, reproducible phenomenon occurring in roughly 1-in-60,000 to 1-in-100,000 cancer patients that remains incompletely explained.
Explainedbaselines·Worldwide (medical literature)
Spontaneous Cancer Remission: Medicine's Documented Puzzle
Medical literature documents over 1,000 confirmed cases of spontaneous regression of advanced cancer without curative treatment — a real, reproducible phenomenon occurring in roughly 1-in-60,000 to 1-in-100,000 cancer patients that remains incompletely explained.
4% authentic
Strong natural explanation
An 80-year-old heavy smoker diagnosed with limited-stage small cell lung cancer who refused all treatment experienced complete radiological disappearance of the tumor 52 months later, documented in a peer-reviewed case report.
Explainedbaselines·South Korea
Spontaneous Remission of Small Cell Lung Cancer Without Treatment (2021 Case Report)
An 80-year-old heavy smoker diagnosed with limited-stage small cell lung cancer who refused all treatment experienced complete radiological disappearance of the tumor 52 months later, documented in a peer-reviewed case report.
63% authenticResists a natural explanation
An Italian soldier with an inoperable sarcoma destroying his pelvis and hip socket recovered completely after a 1963 Lourdes pilgrimage; follow-up X-rays showed the destroyed bone had reconstructed — a case published in a peer-reviewed journal.
Gold standardhealing·Lourdes, France (patient from Trento, Italy)
Vittorio Micheli: Pelvic Sarcoma Healed — Bone Reconstruction Documented by X-ray
An Italian soldier with an inoperable sarcoma destroying his pelvis and hip socket recovered completely after a 1963 Lourdes pilgrimage; follow-up X-rays showed the destroyed bone had reconstructed — a case published in a peer-reviewed journal.