I don't know anything about stevia really, if I need to sweeten something I prefer raw sugar, but the cancer does come from Splenda, and the other chemical sugars, Catwho. I'd readily say try the stevia instead since it's plant derived and not made in a laboratory, The reason it tastes like dirt to you is because your tastebuds are so overstimulated by the maltodextrin that anything with organic levels of sweetness taste bland.
But, to each their own way to die of cancer. I can be back on my high horse though because I quit smoking again.