Racing to a Cure: A Cancer Victim Refuses Chemotherapy And Finds Tomorrow's Cures in Today's Scientific Laboratories - Couverture souple

Ruzic, Neil

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0252073576 ISBN 13 : 9780252073571

Editeur : University of Illinois Press, 2006

Synopsis

Racing to a Cure is not a cancer memoir. It is a cancer cure memoir. In 1998 Neil Ruzic was diagnosed with mantle-cell lymphoma, the deadliest cancer of the lymph system, whose spread is reaching epidemic levels in the U.S. and Europe. Instead of following recommended courses of chemotherapy and radiation, he took control of his treatment by investigating cures being developed in the nation's cancer-research laboratories.

Although chemotherapy harms the immune system and is increasingly demonstrated to be an ineffective long-term cure for the vast majority of cancers, it remains the standard treatment for most cancer patients. Ruzic, a former scientific magazine publisher and originator of a science center, refused to accept this status quo, and instead plunged into the world of cutting-edge treatments, exploring the frontiers of cancer science with revolutionary results.

Ruzic went on the offensive: visiting scores of laboratories, gathering information, talking to researchers, and effectively becoming his own patient-care advocate. This book presents his findings. A scathing critique of the chemotherapy culture as well as unscientific "alternative" therapies, the book endorses state-of-the-art molecularly based technologies, making it an illuminating and necessary read for anyone interested in cancer research, especially patients and their families and physicians.

Neil Ruzic was expected to die within two years of his initial diagnosis. Five years later he has been declared cancer-free and considers himself cured.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Neil Ruzic (1930-2004) was the founder and former publisher of several worldwide scientific magazines, including Industrial Research and Oceanology International. He was the author of 250 articles and 11 books, including Where the Winds Sleep and The Shallow Sea.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Illinois Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0252073576
• ISBN 13: 9780252073571
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 456
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• Personne responsable: non disponible