Anticancer: A New Way of Life.Anticancer: A New Way of Life By David Servan-Schreiber, M.D., Ph.D. Viking, 2008, $25.95 When rising-star research scientist and doctor David Servan-Schreiber's experiments in brain-scanning revealed that he had a malignant tumor malignant tumor n. A tumor that invades surrounding tissues, is usually capable of producing metastases, may recur after attempted removal, and is likely to cause death unless adequately treated. , he suddenly learned what it was like to be on the receiving end of the treatments and humiliations suffered by those who are ill in our society. Then, when allopathic medicine failed to prevent a recurrence of his tumor, he sought methods that would give control of his health back to him. His breakthrough occurred during the study of how conditions in the "terrain" determine whether cancer cells grow and thrive or are destroyed. He found that the conditions that most favor the growth and metastasis metastasis /me·tas·ta·sis/ (me-tas´tah-sis) pl. metas´tases 1. transfer of disease from one organ or part of the body to another not directly connected with it, due either to transfer of pathogenic microorganisms or to of cancer cells are exactly those provided by the typical American diet, environment, and lifestyle. We all have cancer cells in our bodies, yet only some of us get ill. Dr. Servan-Schreiber's 15-year fight to survive led him to discover how we can release the full potential of the body's own defenses to protect us from ever getting cancer and help us to heal if we do. David Servan-Schreiber is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is the medical school of the University of Pittsburgh, located in Pittsburgh, PA. As of 2007, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine consists of 589 medical students - 53% men and 47% women. and cofounder of the Center for Integrative Medicine. |
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