Review of Manifesto for a Cancer Patient
Posted: 16 Aug 2021, 09:49
[Following is a volunteer review of "Manifesto for a Cancer Patient" by Colleen Huber, NMD.]
Manifesto for a Cancer Patient is a book written by a practicing naturopathic doctor who has been researching and treating cancer patients with diet and nutrition. She is against the treatment of chemotherapy, which she says, weakens a cancer patient to the extent that it may lead to shortening a cancer patients life. Instead, she puts forward a nutritional and natural approach to treat cancer of different degrees and types. She has been testing the prognosis of patients by following up on them to find out how her method benefits clients compared to others. She records if the patient had been using any other therapy at the time of remission or even death. She comes to the conclusion that her natural approach and methods are the most effective for getting rid of cancer in its early stages, and staying with such a method may prevent it from returning. Would there be such a positive effect for the stage four cancers? Read the book to find out. Also, what is the prognosis for chemotherapy, radiotherapy and other forms? You can also read the book to find out. It is 245 pages in length and written often in the first person. Colleen Huber NMD., has her own clinic in Tempe, Arizona.
What was good about this book was that it was based on tried and tested methods, experience and real data from clients. This demonstrated her sincerity in wanting to help clients and to find the best possible way to treat them. I agree with her that cancer patients should be offered the option of alternative treatments when diagnosed and there should be more time taken to research them. Her use of charts and graphs helps the reader to understand the data she puts forward and also makes it easy to compare the different types of cancer treatment against a variety of cancers and their levels. For example, she demonstrates how first stage cancer of any type is a lot easier to treat than the stage four. She also includes how many clients dropped out of treatment, discontinued or used other forms of treatment before or after. This made her analysis quite detailed and systematic. I also appreciated the fact that she mentions when a client passed away, the reasons for their passing away and what therapies were being used at the time. A lot of this information would be very useful for people with confirmed diagnoses of cancer and people looking and considering the different types of treatment for themselves or loved ones. She also includes information about personality types and cancer, some advice, foods and basic dietary suggestions for patients, as well as mistakes they may make at times. The writer seemed to have taken the trouble to edit the book since I did not come across spelling or grammatical errors.
On the more negative side, the writer did seem quite aggressive at times and attacked the conventional approach in quite a harsh way. This seemed a little unprofessional and it made it appear that she was fighting to get her research forward. While it is good that the cancer treatment method she offers works, the focus should be on the patients and their well being before anything else. I did not see this as a reason to reduce a star, though.
I am rating the book 4 out of 4 stars because it is a very useful book and much needed by people who have cancer or are helping relatives.
It would suit people who enjoy non-fiction books, reference and alternative medicine. Cancer patients and their families, or those worried about cancer and its possible treatments may benefit from it.
On the other hand, people who don't agree with alternative approaches to cancer or other illnesses may not benefit much from the book.
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Manifesto for a Cancer Patient
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Manifesto for a Cancer Patient is a book written by a practicing naturopathic doctor who has been researching and treating cancer patients with diet and nutrition. She is against the treatment of chemotherapy, which she says, weakens a cancer patient to the extent that it may lead to shortening a cancer patients life. Instead, she puts forward a nutritional and natural approach to treat cancer of different degrees and types. She has been testing the prognosis of patients by following up on them to find out how her method benefits clients compared to others. She records if the patient had been using any other therapy at the time of remission or even death. She comes to the conclusion that her natural approach and methods are the most effective for getting rid of cancer in its early stages, and staying with such a method may prevent it from returning. Would there be such a positive effect for the stage four cancers? Read the book to find out. Also, what is the prognosis for chemotherapy, radiotherapy and other forms? You can also read the book to find out. It is 245 pages in length and written often in the first person. Colleen Huber NMD., has her own clinic in Tempe, Arizona.
What was good about this book was that it was based on tried and tested methods, experience and real data from clients. This demonstrated her sincerity in wanting to help clients and to find the best possible way to treat them. I agree with her that cancer patients should be offered the option of alternative treatments when diagnosed and there should be more time taken to research them. Her use of charts and graphs helps the reader to understand the data she puts forward and also makes it easy to compare the different types of cancer treatment against a variety of cancers and their levels. For example, she demonstrates how first stage cancer of any type is a lot easier to treat than the stage four. She also includes how many clients dropped out of treatment, discontinued or used other forms of treatment before or after. This made her analysis quite detailed and systematic. I also appreciated the fact that she mentions when a client passed away, the reasons for their passing away and what therapies were being used at the time. A lot of this information would be very useful for people with confirmed diagnoses of cancer and people looking and considering the different types of treatment for themselves or loved ones. She also includes information about personality types and cancer, some advice, foods and basic dietary suggestions for patients, as well as mistakes they may make at times. The writer seemed to have taken the trouble to edit the book since I did not come across spelling or grammatical errors.
On the more negative side, the writer did seem quite aggressive at times and attacked the conventional approach in quite a harsh way. This seemed a little unprofessional and it made it appear that she was fighting to get her research forward. While it is good that the cancer treatment method she offers works, the focus should be on the patients and their well being before anything else. I did not see this as a reason to reduce a star, though.
I am rating the book 4 out of 4 stars because it is a very useful book and much needed by people who have cancer or are helping relatives.
It would suit people who enjoy non-fiction books, reference and alternative medicine. Cancer patients and their families, or those worried about cancer and its possible treatments may benefit from it.
On the other hand, people who don't agree with alternative approaches to cancer or other illnesses may not benefit much from the book.
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Manifesto for a Cancer Patient
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon