CancerConfidential

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Preface

Is it cheating to win?

Welcome to the game of winning against cancer. It’s a serious game and you
don’t want it to be like a crap shoot. You want the odds in your favor. That
means you have to rig the game so that you win!

From the reaction of some of my medical colleagues, you would think they
consider this to be worse than cheating at cards! Some of them have even been
known to get angry at the patient who takes charge of his or her life and tries
to influence the outcome of disease, as if it was a personal affront to them and
their supposed skills.

But you need to be clear about one thing: the conventional treatment of cancer
has been an unmitigated disaster. It is getting better and there are new “smart”
therapies on the way. But cutting, burning and poisoning with chemo does as
much, or more, to finish off the patient as the disease itself.