28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant! A must-read book!, October 25, 2001
This review is from: The Cancer Handbook : What's Really Working (What Doctors Don't Tell You, 1) (Paperback)
Cancer. This is quite possibly the most frightful, troubling and dreaded word in our language. And for good cause. Cancer kills and maims and, truth be known, the current, "accepted" reatments---chemo and radiation--- haven't done much for survival.
The Cancer Handbook: What's Really Working discusses the possible causes of cancer: family history, contraceptives, environment, drugs, stress and nutrition. We then learn about the current detection methods. Ms. McTaggart offers us enlightenment in today's conventional treatments--- chemo, radiation, light therapy, immunotherapy and, of course, surgery...all of which have had extremely limited success in offering a cure.
The vital point that The Cancer Handbook makes is that there are alternative cancer treatments available to us IF the orthodox medical community would be willing to try them. "Despite this climate of suppression, a number of alternative treatments have been the subject of some properly designed laboratory and clinical research. Although all would benefit from further study, they certainly appear more promising than most of the tools of orthodox medicine".
Doesn't it make sense to strengthen our own immunity and therefore our ability to destroy cancer cells, instead of using invasive chemo, radiation and surgery? How this can be accomplished is detailed in The Cancer Handbook. This eye-opener offers valuable, indeed lifesaving information about therapies like immuno-augmentative, peptide, Govallo, Gerson, Coley's, Kelley's, and macrobiotics, as well as diet and upplements.
This reviewer has lost both parents and a daughter to the scourge called cancer. So, when I learned about The Cancer Handbook, I jumped at the opportunity to make you aware of these alternatives. Lynne McTaggart has done us all a great service by increasing our chances to live longer and healthier lives!
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An excellent informational resource on the subject., December 25, 2005
This review is from: The Cancer Handbook : What's Really Working (What Doctors Don't Tell You, 1) (Paperback)
Lynne McTaggart is one of my favorite medical writers ever since I read her excellent book "What Doctors Don't Tell You." This book is equally good, and even more interesting given its narrower focus on the word we all dread: cancer.
Invariably, her books trigger very strong reactions among reviewers. Some of those are negative. They treat her of being hysterical relying on flawed sources. But, this is not so. Just about every single statement she makes is supported by studies from leading medical journals such as The Lancet, American Journal of Epidemiology, International Journal of Cancer, and many others.
This book conveys facts ignored by conventional medicine. Cancer screening does not work because it is inaccurate as it generates many false positives. Mammography and PSA testing are case in point. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are dreadful treatments as the cure is often worse than the disease. Surgery has a mixed record. In some cases, it is necessary but in many it turns out harmful as it causes an in situ cancer to spread. There are many non-invasive alternative treatments with higher success rates and no side effects.
Near the end, she gives you a practical check sheet on how to prevent or treat cancer. And, also in the last pages she gives you the necessary contacts to follow through if you care to further research or implement certain alternative therapies. For my part, I feel the author fully delivered on the expectation the title of her book conveyed to readers.
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3 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
What's not working. Fine there. The rest is questionable., August 29, 2008
This review is from: The Cancer Handbook : What's Really Working (What Doctors Don't Tell You, 1) (Paperback)
Her skepticism on what is not working is right on, but it's nonsense to add "what doctors don't tell you" to the title. There are several excellent books by oncologists reining in the enthusiasm for cancer treatment.
Should I Be Tested for Cancer?: Maybe Not and Here's Why is the best and is on my bookshelf. Read that instead.
Homeopathy is utter woo-woo. Chinese herbs? Cmon. And then to end the book with a couple of surviver stories of individuals. Anecdotal evidence is just bad science.
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