American Cancer Society S Complementary And Alternative Cancer Methods Handbook

Mind, body and spirit methods - manual healing and physical touch methods - Herbs, vitamin and mineral methods - Diet and nutrition methods - Pharmacological and biological treatment methods.

A comprehensive guide to more than two hundred alternative cancer treatments, including diet, vitamin, and touch therapies, that discusses how each is used, its history, medical evidence for its efficacy, and any possible problems associated with the treatment.

This quick and easy guide to the latest information about complementary and alternative methods most commonly available to people with cancer includes more than 200 entries covering herbs, vitamins, minerals, mind/body/spirit, diet and nutrition, physical touch, and biological methods.

A thorough, state-of-the-art overview of all current mainstream, alternative, and complementary methods of fighting cancer, this book is the companion to the four-part series of the same name, hosted by Walter Cronkite, airing on PBS-TV in September 1998.

In this unique handbook, the author describes his personal experience in treating cancer from 3 entirely different points of view: As an expert Oncologist, as a physician using CAM - Complementary Alternative Medicine, and as a cancer victim himself. Cancer patients and professionals will find this handbook as one of the most exhaustive, definitive and up to date resources of information combining complementary medicine and traditional methods for prevention and treatment of cancer. The handbook is based on Dr. Brenner's many years of experience in treating cancer by conventional and alternative medicine, and on many articles he published in the mainstream medical journals, dealing with alternative medicine and its contribution to the treatment of cancer. Various complementary and alternative treatments for different kinds of cancer are described in detail. The reader will be able to find answers to many questions categorized by various types of cancer: - What is the right diet for specific cancers - What life habits need changing - How can cancer be treated by hypothermia - What vitamins and minerals are most suitable for specific cancers The handbook describes the effect of food additives such as hormones, enzymes, amino-acids, fatty-acids and herbs on cancer; various treatments for symptoms such as: lack of appetite, diarrhea, nausea, etc..., the effect of food additives on increasing efficacy and decreasing toxicity of chemotherapy and radiation therapy.

Describes the experiences and ordeals of outspoken women cancer patients, and focuses on new non-conventional treatment options