Product Description

The definitive guide to natural and complementary medicines and clinics for those who have been diagnosed with cancer and wish to know their options. This book offers vital advice and information on how to fight cancer without choosing radiotherapy, chemotherapy or surgery. In The Cancer Directory internationally renowned holistic cancer consultant Dr Rosy Daniel provides authoritative medical advice on the appropriateness and efficacy of the most commonly used alternative treatments for cancer. She explains the background and usage of each treatment, the evidence for its use and its price, source and availability. The treatments and supplements covered include: / Shark cartilage 714x / Immunotherapy vaccines / TVZ-7 lymphocyte treatments / Cat's Claw / Maitake and Shitake mushrooms / Coenzyme Q-10 This indispensable guide to holistic cancer care also reviews alternative clinics in the UK and around the world. It provides information about the therapeutic help that each provides, as well as an overview of organisations researching alternative cancer treatments and the scientific studies that are currently underway.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #130560 in Books
• Published on: 2005-06-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 464 pages

Review
'Dr Rosy Daniel is a highly respected figure in the world of complementary medicine.' --Professor Michael Baum, Emeritus Professor of Surgery as quoted in The Daily Express. 'Essential reading for everybody affected by cancer. Information is empowerment and this book has all you need to know about cancer from both the orthodox and complementary worlds. It's simply the best guide to integrated cancer medicine there is...If you want to read just one book on cancer read this one.' Prof Karol Sikora

About the Author
Dr Rosy Daniel is an internationally renowned holistic cancer consultant and the author of several books on the subject. Between 1985 and 1999 she was Medical Director of the Bristol Cancer Help Centre, and now teaches and broadcasts nationally and internationally on the holistic treatment and prevention of cancer, including cancer nutrition. She now works freelance as a Holistic Cancer Consultant in the Oncology Department of the Harley Street Clinic, London.

Customer Reviews

Best UK book currently available for cancer patients/carers
Rosy Daniel's new offering certainly lives up to its title! At 400+ pages, it is a hands-on practical manual for finding your way through the extremes and complexities of cancer.

Considerable care has gone into the layout which has the feel and clarity of the best computer tutorials. The depth and breadth of Dr Daniel's 20 years of experience with cancer at the Bristol Cancer Care Centre and as a consultant is very apparent in the detailed, caring and thorough way in which she guides the reader through every step of the journey, highlighting the common pitfalls that are to be expected and that can often be avoided.

The orthodox approach to cancer is presented by Professor Karol Sikora - one of the earliest NHS advocates of the integrated approach to cancer care - and Patricia Peat, an oncology nurse who runs a consultancy to assist patients in their choice of treatments, both orthodox and alternative. An opportunity is missed to give due weight to the potential of orthodox treatments, notably radiotherapy, to cause cancer, which is unfortunate as this should be a vital factor in making a balanced decision on treatment choices. Then follows an extensive exposition of all the key alternative therapies available, and, crucially, advice on choosing from the almost unlimited possible combinations and on achieving the best outcome. Part One of the Directory concludes with the valuable contribution complementary therapies can make to the management of symptoms and side-effects, a substantial section on generating long-term health, and a valuable chapter for the often neglected carers.

Part Two, a little under half of the book, is a tour de force of resources, giving a wealth of detailed UK-centred information on treatments, practitioners, clinics, charities, suppliers, support groups etc, along with a bibliography, references and an index.

The thorough and contemporary nature of The Cancer Directory renders it an indispensable reference for every cancer patient.

Brilliant
This books covers all apsectos of cancer from dealing with the diagnosis, to telling other people, getting support and the treatments available. It also has a section for partners or carers to help them to come to terms with it. It is in a sense a reference book containing names of practioners, ideas about complementary treatments, nutrition, supplemennts and ideas to cope with stress such as spritualism and meditation. There are references throughout the book to other books and pieces of research. Having just been diagnosed I am finding it useful and it is bang up to date

It is essential reading
This book is essential reading for anyone diagnosed with cancer and their families/friends. It is a mine of information on all aspects of the disease and its effects - not just the physical effects on the patient but the emotional responses of everyone involved. With cancer, the circle of those affected can be very wide and this book helps everyone.

I really wish I had found this book before the last six months of my husband's life, but even for that short period of time, it helped us both and I would hope eased his suffering towards the end with some of the helpful advice it gave.

Cannot recommend it highly enough - please, buy it - it will be money well spent, I can assure you.