The Complex Physician-Patient Interaction: Expectations vs. Reality
(1) Daytona Beach Shores, FL, USA Some see a hopeless end, while others see an endless hope. – Unknown 12.1 From the Patient’s Perspective 12.1.1 First the Basics Facing…
ONCOLOGY
The Holistic Management of Advanced Cancer: A Three-Stage Blueprint
(1) Daytona Beach Shores, FL, USA Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate. – Albert Schweitzer In…
Prevention and Early Detection
(1) Daytona Beach Shores, FL, USA My cancer scare changed my life. I’m grateful for every new, healthy day I have. It has helped me prioritize my life. –…
An Uncontrolled Problem
(1) Daytona Beach Shores, FL, USA Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. – Maori Proverb In the US, cancer deaths and death rates…
Factors that Impact Oncology Research and Practice
(1) Daytona Beach Shores, FL, USA We look for medicine to be an orderly field of knowledge and procedure. But it is not. It is an imperfect science, an…
The Role of the National Cancer Institute
(1) Daytona Beach Shores, FL, USA The National Cancer Institute coordinates the National Cancer Program, which conducts and supports research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect…
The Cancer Cell-Kill Paradigm and Beyond
(1) Daytona Beach Shores, FL, USA 7.1 An Historical Overview According to NCI, “Cancer is a term used for diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control and are…
The Four-Decade Journey to the National Cancer Act of 1971
(1) Daytona Beach Shores, FL, USA To authorize a reward for the discovery of a successful cure for cancer, and to create a commission to inquire into and ascertain…
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
(1) Daytona Beach Shores, FL, USA Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good ground for belief, he will be satisfied with bad…
Endocrine Complications of Cancer Therapy
Fig. 5.1 Diagrammatic representation of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis Table 5.1 Anterior pituitary hormones and major hypothalamic regulatory factors Pituitary hormone Hypothalamic factor Effect Growth hormone Growth hormone-releasing hormone + Somatostatin…
