Alternative Medicine Magazine's Definitive Guide to Cancer: An Integrated Approach to Prevention, Treatment, and Healing

by Lise Alschuler

Book Overview

An extensively revised and updated second edition of Alternative Medicine magazine's definitive guide to integrative cancer prevention and treatment. Includes current cancer research, expert... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1587612801
• ISBN13: 9781587612800
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Celestial Arts
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

an awesome resource

a real masterpice - tons of info; a fantastic resource. The world's been waiting for this one!

Fighting Back

Diagnosis: Cancer. Here is your first step in fighting back if you or a loved one has been given this diagnosis. To have all this information at your fingertips is empowering. This book is so well written, very understandable for a layperson; you will want to keep it close-by for answers to questions that pop up all the time. Each page is backed with research, which is encouraging and impressive. Hopefully this integrative approach to treating cancer will become the rule. It just makes sense.

As a physician....

As a physician, I have and will continue to recommend this book to anyone who is newly diagnosed with cancer. This book is readable and yet so thorough in its scientific research. This should be the standard for all healthcare-consumer books. Medicine can no longer afford to ignore Integrative Healthcare offerings. It is informative and empowering. You want this on your shelf at home because someone you know and love will one day NEED this.

Excellent resource for cancer patients and health care providers

If knowledge is power, Alternative Medicine Magazine's Definitive Guide to Cancer is a real powerhouse. Eschewing medical or technical jargon, this book helps readers decipher the terminology used by oncologists. I especially appreciated the discussion of 10 ways to analyze internet information. This alone is worth the cost of the book for patients desperately sorting through reams of information and claims. The book is organized into four distinct parts, plus a useful appendix. Part I covers cancer basics, detailing early detection and diagnosis techniques in clear, accessible language. Each form of conventional treatment such as radiation, surgery, and chemotherapy, is addressed in Part II, which explains what to expect and how to minimize side effects. Part III contains a detailed discussion of supporting key body functions and explanations of how and why each step is desirable. Handy charts of common chemotherapy agents list which supportive nutrients to increase and which may be contraindicated. These are invaluable to help patients and providers design supportive plans and avoid undesirable interactions. Part IV discusses individual cancer types, detailing the basic biology of the organ, common treatment options, and best supportive therapy ideas. The appendixes include a nutrient directory, a glossary of medical terminology, and copious references. Included throughout are first-person patient stories that humanize the technical information, allowing a deeper understanding of the impact a diagnosis of cancer can have on patients and their loved ones. These stories also remind us how important it is to treat the whole person, not just a diagnosis, and how each patient must find their own pathway to healing. Overall, this book provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date information available for cancer patients and providers. I would strongly recommend that anyone living with cancer or treating patients with cancer get a copy and use it regularly.

Just what is needed

This book is filled with useful information. I already have a list of people I want to buy it for, basically everyone I know with cancer or who has a family member with cancer. A description of traditional treatment for each cancer type is given and then complementary treatments are also described. All the information is supported by scientific research, and has been carefully vetted. The information empowers the layperson to make informed decisions about what treatments to try and how effective they might be. There is an overwhelming amount of information on the web about alternative cancer treatments, and unfortunately most of it is a sales pitch for some unproven product. This book provides the information you need. In addition there is a great deal of information about cancer prevention, causes and treatment in general. The inclusion of patient stories, breaks up the factual information and gives something for patients and family members to relate to. I highly recommend this book.