American Cancer Society Complete Guide to Complementary & Alternative Cancer Therapies [Paperback]

American Cancer Society (Author), David Rosenthal (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2009 | ISBN-10: 0944235719 | ISBN-13: 978-0944235713 | Edition: Second Edition, Second edition

Written for consumers, patients, and families seeking reliable information about nontraditional therapies, this is a quick and easy guide to the latest information about complementary and alternative methods most commonly available to people with cancer. It includes more than 250 entries covering a broad range of topics, such as herbs, vitamins, minerals, mind/body/spirit, diet and nutrition, physical touch, and biological methods. Each entry provides a synopsis of what the method involves and what effects can occur. Current research findings are explained in brief and understandable language, providing fast access to specific areas of interest.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This massive reference book spells out the evidence, or lack of it, for hundreds of therapies, as well as their possible side effects."  —Parade Magazine

About the Author

The American Cancer Society is an organization committed to fighting cancer through balanced programs of research, education, patient service, advocacy, and rehabilitation. Its goals emphasize prevention, early detection, and screening; comprehensive treatment information; answers to questions about insurance, money, and planning for the future; and strategies for coping with the physical symptoms and emotional effects of cancer. They are based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Product Details

• Paperback: 893 pages
• Publisher: American Cancer Society; Second Edition, Second edition edition (April 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0944235719
• ISBN-13: 978-0944235713
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #70,931 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars more or the same clap trap, October 18, 2011

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This review is from: American Cancer Society Complete Guide to Complementary & Alternative Cancer Therapies (Paperback)

This book is another platform for the American Cancer Society to disregard the science behind alternative cancer cures. Allopathic medicine has a horrendous record with cancer treatment but it makes a lot of money, so it continues its propaganda campaign against alternatives that work. The FDA, AMA, ACS, and NIH, are rampant with conflict of interest ties to the pharmaceutical industry and they want to keep their medical monopoly intact at any cost.
The allopathic cancer industry uses wordplay to improve their dismal record of "cures". For instance, a "cure" is considered a person who is alive for five years after diagnosis of their cancer. It doesn't matter if the person is horribly ill with cancer for the whole five years, as long as that person lived for five years, even if doing chemo and radiation the entire time! If that person dies five years and one day after diagnosis, they are still written up as a cure and used in statistics to support allopathy's inferior product. No other branch of medicine uses such a smoke and mirrors word play to sell their wares.
If you want to know what's really going on with alternative and allopathic cancer therapy, you'll need to read Outsmart Your Cancer by Tanya Pierce, or Cancer: Step Outside the Box by Ty M. Bollinger. But beware; you'll need a strong stomach for the allopathic medical politics that are revealed in both books.
I cured my cancer with alternatives written about in those books. There are many, many others who have done the same.
Open your mind; it will save your life.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Survery of CAM Therapies, March 12, 2010

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As a research librarian with substantive industry experience in oncology gorups, who has reviewed 1000s of articles and hundreds of texts in my career, I can authoratively state that this work offers an excellent highly detailed review that is easy to read for both the lay person and for the professional. It offers cited sources and offers some discussion of the natural products in other non-cancer indications as well.

Source: Michael Delander author Vitamin D Handbook: Structures, Synonyms and Properties.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars got cancer?, January 9, 2010

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This review is from: American Cancer Society Complete Guide to Complementary & Alternative Cancer Therapies (Paperback)

This is a great reference book, clear and objective. Provided great information. It validated some things that we are doing right, and provided insite as to things that can have unwanted consequences. Especially with everyone and their dog claiming to have a cancer cure or prevention.