Integrative Regulatory Therapy: A Multifocal Strategy for Cancer Control

Integrated Regulatory Therapy, A Multi--Focal Strategy For Cancer Control is a medical primer that presents the innovative protocols for comprehensive cancer management currently employed at Oasis of Hope Hospital. The authors' extensive research backgrounds and experience as oncology practitioners provide important insights into the effective treatment of cancer. Francisco Contreras, MD is a surgical oncologist, with post-doctoral training at the University of Vienna, who has led the Oasis of Hope Hospital and Clinical Research Organization since 1983. Jorge Barroso-Aranda, MD, PhD is a medical doctor who has also obtained a doctorate and biomedical engineering at UC San Diego. Mark F. McCarthy, also trained at UC San Diego, is a widely published applied nutritionist. Together, they have developed and refined the modalities that are outlined in this publication. A preliminary analysis of survival statistics achieved with these techniques in patients with primary cancers of the lung, breast, colon, and ovary, are presented. The key goals of Integrative Regulatory Therapies are: * Increase the efficacy of chemotherapy and radiation through the use of nutraceuticals and tumor oxygenating strategies. * Protect normal tissues from cytotoxic agents * Attack tumors with oxidative stress as an adjunct or alternative to chemotherapy * Slow the growth and spread of residual cancer * Impede the angiogenic process the support cancer growth * Support anti-tumor immune mechanisms * Minimize cancer-induced cachexia * integrate emotional and spiritual support into a total care program * Improve both quality of life and prognosis. ---from book's back cover