Information is power--and when you or a loved one is faced with a cancer diagnosis, the need for accurate and trusted medical information becomes urgent. The Definitive Guide to Cancer, now in its third edition, encourages you to take an integrative approach that embraces both alternative and conventional therapies across the spectrum of cancer prevention, treatment, and healing. Naturopathic physician Lise N. Alschuler and medical journalist Karolyn A. Gazella present an overview of what cancer is, its causes and preventative strategies, an in-depth approach to integrative treatment options, descriptions of key body functions, and discussions of more than twenty specific cancers. This comprehensive guide delivers informed hope along with effective tools for reclaiming your vitality in the midst of cancer treatment, healing, and recovery.
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“Updated, expanded, and authored by two renowned authorities who both also happen to be cancer survivors themselves, this book is an invaluable resource to cancer patients, their families, and their conventional care providers. This evidence-based encyclopedic text, infused with experience and humanity, truly lives up to the promise of its name.”
--Donald I. Abrams, MD, from the foreword
“For the first time, all of the necessary information to support cancer patients through difficult treatment decisions as well as help them address the underlying causes of disease can be found in one clear and sensible guide. It’s about time!”
--Mark Hyman, MD, author of UltraMetabolism: The Simple Plan forAutomatic Weight Loss
--Donald I. Abrams, MD, from the foreword
“For the first time, all of the necessary information to support cancer patients through difficult treatment decisions as well as help them address the underlying causes of disease can be found in one clear and sensible guide. It’s about time!”
--Mark Hyman, MD, author of UltraMetabolism: The Simple Plan forAutomatic Weight Loss
About the Author
LISE N. ALSCHULER, ND, FABNO, is a naturopathic physician with widely recognized expertise as a speaker, author, and practitioner of integrative medicine.
KAROLYN A. GAZELLA is an accomplished author, health writer, and publisher of the Natural Medicine Journal.
KAROLYN A. GAZELLA is an accomplished author, health writer, and publisher of the Natural Medicine Journal.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
By TMP
Format:Paperback
The Definitive Guide to Cancer is exactly that, a guide. It is not a book with incoherent facts and figures but rather it explains and guides possible ways to improve your quality of life and ability to heal. It addresses specific cancers, and with each kind of cancer addressed it provides information on the causes, conventional treatment options, and always complementary approaches; like improving your lifestyle and diet with natural supplements. To me, the idea of being diagnosed with cancer of any kind is a tumultuous part of anyone's life, and in seeking a guide to prevent and heal, the only thing i would ask for is literature that presents the facts as sincerely as this book does. The content of this book is reassuring because the authors present their knowledge and information in a straight forward and honest manor. When it comes to an integrative approach to prevention, treatment, and healing I couldn't think of anything better to recommend!
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By Jacob Schor
Format:Paperback
The majority of patients I see in our office have come to us because they have cancer and want more options than what they are offered in their oncologist's offices. They have read that diet, exercise, nutritional supplements and other natural techniques may help them in their fight against cancer. Yet their oncologists can provide little or no information on what else they can do along with surgery, chemo and radiation.
Often these people are desperate and turn to the internet to find things that might help. Never was the phrase, "Buyer Beware" more applicable to those seeing cancer cures online. Much of my time with new patients is spent answering questions spurred on by unproven and rather suspicious claims of miracle cures. I have long sought out a book that I could hand our patients that would provide an honest roadmap of the path that lies ahead of them. A book that covers cancer from both sides of the path, the standard medical oncologic approach and the alternative and complementary approach. A book that helps people integrate both approaches together so that they can get the best of both. In the end is not how patients get better but getting them better.
This book is the one we have chosen to use in our office and we currently purchase them by the box. I haven't found a better book for our purposes. It's honest, straightforward, well written and covers almost all the topics that need to be covered. If this you are only going to read one book about cancer, this is a good choice.
Often these people are desperate and turn to the internet to find things that might help. Never was the phrase, "Buyer Beware" more applicable to those seeing cancer cures online. Much of my time with new patients is spent answering questions spurred on by unproven and rather suspicious claims of miracle cures. I have long sought out a book that I could hand our patients that would provide an honest roadmap of the path that lies ahead of them. A book that covers cancer from both sides of the path, the standard medical oncologic approach and the alternative and complementary approach. A book that helps people integrate both approaches together so that they can get the best of both. In the end is not how patients get better but getting them better.
This book is the one we have chosen to use in our office and we currently purchase them by the box. I haven't found a better book for our purposes. It's honest, straightforward, well written and covers almost all the topics that need to be covered. If this you are only going to read one book about cancer, this is a good choice.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was fortunate to receive a copy of this excellent book. This recent publication is the most credible and helpful resource I have seen on the market regarding an integrative approach to the prevention and treatment of cancer. The authors have incorporated information from several fields of knowledge, including conventional medicine, to provide readers with an invaluable guide for an understanding of the different types of cancer, preventive measures that make sense, and when cancer occurs, the options available for treatment and healing.
There are numerouls books on cancer and it is unusual to find one that is as organized and clearly written as this book by Dr. Alschuler and Ms. Gazella. Furthermore, as a professional, knowledgeable about research methods and the importance of reliable and valid studies to support findings and recommendations, I found this book's use of research more credible and useful than most publications on integrative approaches. The charts throughout the text add clarity to the material as well as the case studies and cited opinions from other professionals.
I give much credit to Dr. Alschuler and Ms. Gazella for the extraordinary effort they extended in writing this book. Professionals, families and individuals should have this book and use the material as a primary resource on their understanding of cancer, how the disease may be prevented, and when it occurs, what options are available for treatment and healing.
There are numerouls books on cancer and it is unusual to find one that is as organized and clearly written as this book by Dr. Alschuler and Ms. Gazella. Furthermore, as a professional, knowledgeable about research methods and the importance of reliable and valid studies to support findings and recommendations, I found this book's use of research more credible and useful than most publications on integrative approaches. The charts throughout the text add clarity to the material as well as the case studies and cited opinions from other professionals.
I give much credit to Dr. Alschuler and Ms. Gazella for the extraordinary effort they extended in writing this book. Professionals, families and individuals should have this book and use the material as a primary resource on their understanding of cancer, how the disease may be prevented, and when it occurs, what options are available for treatment and healing.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By divajoann
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
When you are first told you have cancer it is a bit too much to take in at the time. Your next step is to understand what you have and the best treatment options for you. The book helped me understand all options and choose the options which were best for me with the help of some very special people in the medical field.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Dr. Parcell
Format:Paperback
We use this book as a reference as part of our integrative oncology program. I think it a great book for any conventional as well as CAM medical office where cancer patients are seen.
We also keep it in the IV room so patients can look at it while getting high dose vitamin C infusions.
We also keep it in the IV room so patients can look at it while getting high dose vitamin C infusions.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Bruce Friend
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is an excellent book.I highly recommend this text.
Very thorough and well researcherd.
Very thorough and well researcherd.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By tri2teach
Format:Paperback
Invariably the information within this book is helpful and easy to understand. I find two features of this book, among many, as uniquely helpful. First is the book's integration of 'standard' cancer treatment with 'alternative' treatments in a practical and evidence-based way. The alternative treatments are given and evaluated on the basis of the evidence supporting them. This allows people to make informed and reasonable decisions. There are so many wild claims about cancer treatment that abound on the internet and in books. It is very difficult to make sense of all of it. This book does that, while not telling you what to do. In this way the authors support their trustworthiness and integrity. The second feature I find particularly helpful is the access to understandable information. The book can be read from cover to cover, or as a reference. Invariably, if I have a question about a type of cancer, standard treatment options, supplements to take, what I can expect, etc. the information is easy to find in this one book.
Unfortunately, I have had the opportunity to give this book to several friends who are dealing with cancer. However, each person has come back to me later with praise for the book and gratitude that I gave it to them.
This is the one book to get.
Unfortunately, I have had the opportunity to give this book to several friends who are dealing with cancer. However, each person has come back to me later with praise for the book and gratitude that I gave it to them.
This is the one book to get.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is my go-to reference for cancer info!
I have found this to be an excellent source of information to empower me in my cancer journey! I highly recommend it!
Published 1 month ago by JMM
5.0 out of 5 stars
Empowering!
I am so happy to have found this book on AMAZON. I had borrowed the library and kept paying fines. Now it's mine forever as I deal with bone marrow cancer. Thank you.
Published 1 month ago by Misty Browning
5.0 out of 5 stars
An integrative approach to Cancer is the only way
Lise pulls together the entire arsenal of treatments available for cancer and lays out an integrative approach that incorporates conventional, alternative, and complimentary... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Al Miller
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very informative
It is helpful to understand what western medicine does and recommends. It is also helpful to know that the recommendations for nutritional and other treatment options are backed up... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Laurie Solomon
5.0 out of 5 stars
Living with Cancer
This is a definite, if you are dealing with cancer, whether your own or a family member , you need this book. I found it very informative, Helping me to be my own advocate. Read more
Published 3 months ago by dancer2
5.0 out of 5 stars
Cancer is individual
When I went thru cancer treatment, it was rote, based on a set of 3 protocols, poison, cut & burn. The only individualization was the amount of each. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Janet F. Reaves
5.0 out of 5 stars
ND Cancer Book
This is a wonderful book written in an easy to read style and very informative to practitioner and patient alike. I highly recommend it!
Published 13 months ago by J. M. Forbes
4.0 out of 5 stars
Answers most of your questions
If you or anyone you know has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, this book is a must have. I would recommend this book to any male over 40 as well. Read more
Published 18 months ago by TrijohnD
5.0 out of 5 stars
Integrative Approaches to Cancer
This book has a wealth of information pertaining to taking care of one's health when afflicted with cancer. I would recommend it for anybody with cancer.
Published on August 7, 2010 by Mrs. Carol Jurczewski
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