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Cancer Fighting Resources What would I do if I had cancer?If you were to meet me in person, you might ask a very important question: what would I do if I had cancer? This question pushes me to my deepest convictions. It is absolutely immoral to "spin propaganda" when asked this question. The question leads to many more questions: what kind of cancer, insurance coverage, financial resources, age, ability to travel, stage of the disease...the list goes on and on. THE MOST IMPORTANT COMMODITY is knowledge. If you've perused this site, you already know that I am skeptical about any miracle cures, many of which you have no doubt seen advertised on the internet. Most of it is sheer manure, and the vendors are shamelessly profiteering on the misery of the afflicted. On the other hand, I've had two friends die this year of cancer. Both elected to absorb the full barrage of chemotherapy (one had a stem cell transplant). Both died after suffering terribly from the treatment. If they would have had the right knowledge, one might have lived, and the other could have had a more humane passing. Having said all of this, let me cut right to the chase. The most knowledgeable person I know of when it comes to ALL the issues is Ralph Moss, Ph.D. A Biography of Dr. Moss is at the end of this section. Dr. Moss has written over 200
specialized reports for over 200 types of cancer. These reports
are extensive and regularly updated. Ordering a Moss Report on my
Cancer is the FIRST thing I would do. I know more about cancer
than most lay persons. I have a general idea of things that are
possibly effective and things that offer no hope at all. However,
if I had cancer, I would need specific information as quickly as
possible. I know I would be getting pressured by my oncologist to
do something fast (that "something" may not be the best thing)
and I am sure my friends who are involved with alternative clinics would
want me to come right away. What I would need to know is "WHAT
IS MY SINGLE BEST SHOT...period." Simply
put, I would order the Moss Reports immediately.
I urge you to visit Dr. Moss's site right now by clicking this link.
Ralph W. Moss, PhD, is an internationally known medical writer who has written or edited twelve books and three film documentaries, mostly on the question of cancer research and treatment. He is a graduate of
New York City public schools, New York University (BA, cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1965) and Stanford University (MA, 1973, PhD, 1974, Classics).
The former science writer and assistant director of public affairs at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York (1974-1977), for over 30 years Moss has independently evaluated the claims of various cancer treatments, conventional and nonconventional. He currently directs The Moss Reports, a periodically updated library of detailed reports on 200+ varieties of cancer diagnoses. A recognized expert on such treatments, he is listed in Marquis Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in HealthCare, etc. Moss is the author of such groundbreaking books as Antioxidants Against Cancer, Cancer Therapy, Questioning Chemotherapy, and The Cancer Industry, as well as the award-winning PBS documentary The Cancer War. He also wrote the first article on alternative medicine
for The Encyclopedia Britannica Yearbook and the first article on complementary cancer treatments for a medico-legal textbook, Courtroom Medicine: Cancer (Matthew Bender). He is co-editor of the first medical textbook in English on non-conventional treatments for cancer, Complementary Oncology (Thieme, 2005).
His articles and scientific communications have appeared in such peer-reviewed journals as The Lancet, the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, the Journal of the American Medical Association, New Scientist, Anticancer Research, the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, and Integrative Cancer Therapies, of which he is Corresponding Editor. For years he has written the monthly "War on Cancer" column for the Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients.
Read what some leaders in the field have said about Dr. Moss and his work Dr. Moss was a founding advisor to the National Institutes of Health's Office of Alternative Medicine (now the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine or NCCAM) and to its Cancer Advisory Panel on Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAP-CAM). He has been a member of the Advisory Editorial Board of the PDQ System of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). He is a member of the board of directors of the Cancer Prevention Coaltion and is an advisor to the National Brain Tumor Foundation, the Susan J. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, the Life Extension Foundation, the RAND Corporation and the Medline-listed journal, Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine. He has also been an advisor to the American Urological Association, Columbia University and the University of Texas. A dynamic and witty public speaker, he has been an invited lecturer at many institutions, including Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (Surgery Grand Rounds, 1999), Howard University Medical School (Grand Rounds, Family Practice, 2003), the Department of Energy, American Cancer Society, and many universities, medical schools, and medical society meetings in the US and abroad. Dr. Moss has a particular interest in new European developments in integrative oncology. On October 31, 1998, he was made an honorary member and scientific advisor of the German Oncology Society ("DGO"), the first American to be so honored. Between 1997 and 2005 he has spoken at "Medicine Week" in Baden-Baden six times. In October, 2004 he spoke at the Seventh Pfältzer Conference on Integrative Cancer Care in Bad Bergzabern, Germany. The previous year he spoke on the chemoprevention of cancer at Santa Famiglia Hospital in Rome, Italy, and wrote a journal article on his findings from that trip. He also speaks frequently in North America. In June, 2004 he gave the Coombs Lecture at Foothills Hospital, Calgary, Canada, and at the CAMera conference of the University of Calgary. In 2005, he gave the Todd Cancer Institute Grand Rounds Lecture at Long Beach (Calif.) Memorial Medical Center and led the History of Science Seminar at the National Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. Dr. Moss frequently travels in search of valid alternative approaches to cancer. His knowledge, clarity, and compassion have made him "a widely respected figure in the world of alternative cancer therapies" --Irish Times, 2004. "Ralph W, Moss, PhD has made his life's work
independently investigating alternative cancer treatment
and the claims made for them. He is known for solid,
comprehensive, and meticulously documented reporting
on the subject."--Health Naturally (Canada) |
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"Alternative Cancer Treatments"
Michael Guthrie,
R.Ph. CGP 2003-2006
Updated May 7, 2006
