Comprehensive Cancer Care Integrating Alternative, Complementary And Conventional Therapies

by Gordon, James; Curtin, Sharon

• ISBN13: 9780738204864
• ISBN10: 0738204862
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-02
• Publisher: Da Capo Press

Summary

"This book represents truly pioneering work. It brings much needed information about the best of new cancer treatments to those who need it most and it does so with compassion and an inspired bedside manner."-Dean Ornish, M.D.Drawing on the studies and critiques of many of the world's most gifted researchers and clinicians, this book scientifically explores the most promising complementary and alternative therapies-and sifts through the often frustrating and confusing barrage of information and misinformation about them-to provide readers with the direction and help they need to create an individualized cancer-care strategy. Comprehensive Cancer Care includes reports on the most accepted and researched complementary and alternative practices, empowering advice for patients with clear action steps for speaking to doctors, and critical discussion of cutting-edge interventions.

Author Biography

James S. Gordon, M.D., author of Manifesto for a New Medicine, is the Chairman of the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy. A clinical professor of medicine at the Georgetown University School of Medicine, he is also director of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, D.C., and creator of the Comprehensive Cancer Care Conference.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	xiii
In the Beginning...	1	(20)
Coping with Cancer	7	(11)
Sarah's Call	18	(3)
Facts for Life	21	(30)
What Is Cancer?	23	(4)
The Kinds of Cancer	27	(1)
Finding Out What You Need to Know	28	(4)
Mike's Misinformation	32	(2)
Choosing Your Medical Team	34	(3)
Understanding Terms, Interpreting Data	37	(3)
The Evolution of Cancer Therapies and Clinical Trials	40	(4)
Scientific Studies and You	44	(2)
Making Your Choices	46	(5)
Mind-Body Medicine	51	(26)
Ancient Wisdom, Modern Science	54	(5)
Stress as a Cause of Cancer: What Do We Know?	59	(2)
Stress and the Diagnosis of Cancer: Where Do We Go?	61	(16)
Healing Connections	77	(14)
What Kind of Social Support Will Support You?	80	(5)
The Power of Small Group Programs	85	(3)
Healing Communities	88	(1)
Making the Spiritual Connection	89	(2)
Diet and Nutrition	91	(18)
You Are What You Eat	93	(4)
What We Know About What We Eat	97	(2)
Macronutrients---Fats, Carbohydrates, Protein, and Fiber	99	(4)
Micronutrients: Supplements	103	(6)
Traditional Chinese Medicine	109	(20)
Traditional Chinese Medicine	110	(5)
TCM and Cancer	115	(1)
The Marriage of Chinese and Western Medicine	116	(6)
Comprehensive Cancer Care Studies	122	(2)
Tai Chi and Qi Gong	124	(2)
A Few Words of Summary	126	(3)
Immunomodulating Substances: Coley's Toxins, MTH-68/H, Mistletoe	129	(14)
Julie's Quest	132	(2)
Coley's Toxins	134	(2)
MTH-68/H	136	(2)
Mistletoe	138	(2)
Julie's Search Continues	140	(3)
Nature's Pharmacy: Phytonutrients and Nutraceuticals	143	(14)
Shark Cartilage	144	(4)
Hoxsey's Formula and Essiac Tea	148	(1)
The Therapeutic Use of Mushrooms: Maitake-D	149	(2)
Green Tea	151	(1)
Coenzyme Q10	152	(1)
Melatonin	153	(4)
Prostate and Breast Cancers	157	(20)
Steve and Grace	158	(4)
Prostate Cancer	162	(8)
Breast Cancer	170	(6)
Next...	176	(1)
Therapeutic Diets	177	(14)
The Gerson Diet	178	(4)
The Macrobiotic Diet	182	(5)
The Block Medical Center	187	(2)
A Last Word	189	(2)
Changing the Paradigm of Cancer Care: Drs. Burzynski and Gonzalez	191	(18)
Stepping Outside the Mainstream	192	(2)
Dr. Burzynski's Antineoplastons	194	(6)
Testing the Limits of Cancer Care	200	(8)
Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez
A Final Word	208	(1)
Next Steps	209	(14)
Dr. Fair's Tumor	209	(4)
You Can Do Something	213	(1)
Finding Healing Partners	214	(2)
Self-Awareness and Self-Care	216	(1)
Balancing Treatment Decisions	217	(3)
Summing Up	220	(3)
Appendix A: Comprehensive Cancer Care Resources	223	(30)
Appendix B: Guide to Internet Resources	253	(12)
Notes	265	(26)
Bibliography	291	(14)
Index	305