The Definitive Guide to Cancer, 3rd Edition
An Integrative Approach to Prevention, Treatment, and Healing
1st Edition
Published on 20. November 2012
496 pages
978-0-307-81487-6 (ISBN)
Description
This comprehensive guide delivers informed hope along with effective tools for reclaiming your vitality in the midst of cancer treatment, healing, and recovery.
When you or a loved one is faced with a cancer diagnosis, the need for accurate and trusted medical information becomes urgent. 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. 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.
When you or a loved one is faced with a cancer diagnosis, the need for accurate and trusted medical information becomes urgent. 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. 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.
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An Integrative Approach to Prevention, Treatment, and Healing
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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.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Editorial Advisory Board
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Our Connection to Cancer
- Part I Understanding Cancer
- One The Cancer Experience
- Two Causes and Diagnosis of Cancer
- Three Prevention Is Paramount
- Part II Treatment Approaches
- Four Building a Strong Foundation with Diet, Nutrition, and Stress Reduction
- Five Treatment Approach Overview
- Six Supporting Your Body during Conventional Treatment
- Seven Healing Support after Conventional Treatment
- Nutrient and Herb Interactions with Conventional Cancer Treatments
- Part III Key Body Functions
- Eight Immune System
- Nine Inflammation
- Ten Hormonal Influences
- Eleven Insulin Resistance
- Twelve Digestion and Detoxification
- Part IV Addressing Specific Cancers
- Thirteen Specific Cancer Overviews
- Fourteen Bladder Cancer
- Fifteen Bone Cancer
- Sixteen Brain Cancer
- Seventeen Breast Cancer
- Eighteen Cervical Cancer
- Nineteen Colon Cancer
- Twenty Esophageal Cancer
- Twenty-One Gastric Cancer
- Twenty-Two Head and Neck Cancer
- Twenty-Three Kidney Cancer
- Twenty-Four Leukemia, Lymphoma, and Myeloma
- Twenty-Five Liver Cancer
- Twenty-Six Lung Cancer
- Twenty-Seven Ovarian Cancer
- Twenty-Eight Pancreatic Cancer
- Twenty-Nine Prostate Cancer
- Thirty Sarcoma (Soft Tissue)
- Thirty-One Skin Cancer and Melanoma
- Thirty-Two Testicular Cancer
- Thirty-Three Thyroid Cancer
- Thirty-Four Uterine Cancer
- Conclusion The Future of Cancer Care
- Appendix Glossary
- Dosage Ranges
- Endnotes
- About the Authors
- Index
