Comprehensive cancer care
Subtitle: integrating alternative, complementary, and conventional therapies
By: James S Gordon, Sharon Curtin
Contributors: Curtin, Sharon R.
Publisher: Perseus Pub.; Perseus publishing; Da Capo Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9780738204864; 9780738202846
Subjects: Alternative treatment; Cancer; Neoplasms; Patients; Therapy; Treatment; Complementary Therapies; Care
Description: Explores various treatment options available to cancer patients, including Chinese medicine, toxins, and recent experimental therapies, and explains the important role diet and emotional health play in getting well.
Notes: Notes: p. 265-290.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-303).
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: In the beginning -- -- 2.; title: Facts for life -- -- 3.; title: Mind-body medicine -- -- 4.; title: Healing connections -- -- 5.; title: Diet and nutrition -- -- 6.; title: Traditional Chinese medicine -- -- 7.; title: Immunomodulating substances : Coley's toxins, MTH-68/H, Mistletoe -- -- 8.; title: Nature's pharmacy : phytonutrients and nutraceuticals -- -- 9.; title: Prostate and breast cancers -- -- 10.; title: Therapeutic diets -- -- 11.; title: Changing the paradigm of cancer care : Drs. Burzynski and Gonzales -- -- 12.; title: Next steps.