Publisher's Synopsis
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.
