What is Anticancer?

Anticancer describes natural methods of health care that contribute to preventing the development of cancer or to bolstering treatment. They are meant to serve as a complement to conventional approaches (such as surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy)  

Behavioral changes slow the growth of cancer cells 
Anticancer outlines the role of diet, exercise, stress management and the environment in reducing your chances for cancer. Avoiding certain chemicals found in household cleaning products and perfumes is one way you can control your environment. Healthy changes to everyday life can reduce cancer risks by stopping the growth of cancer cells, which he calls “outlaws.” These changes, even if they are small, strengthen the immune system. They also reduce cell inflammation, which “outlaws” need to grow. “All in all, anything that boosts our immune system fights cancer,” Servan-Schreiber says. “And, certain food items or behaviors that have anti-inflammatory properties can help stop cancer from spreading.” 

Spreading knowledge about cancer prevention makes a difference 

The inspiration for Anticancer came during dinner with his brother at a small Italian restaurant in Paris. While eating a plate of grilled vegetables and a small side of pasta with pesto, Servan-Schreiber listened to his brother talk about how much their family and friends had changed their lifestyles and behaviors, based on what he had taught them about cancer prevention. “For a number of years, I never talked about my disease or what I was doing to help myself,” says Servan-Schreiber. “I wanted my patients to think that I was in good enough shape to care for them, which I was. But, a few years down the line, after I was doing well, my brother told me that as a doctor, I shouldn’t keep that information from the public. He said I had to share my findings with the world. And, he was right. It was then that I decided to write ‘Anti Cancer’.” 

CLASSIFICATION OF ANTICANCER DRUGS

 A New Way of Life

When David Servan-Schreiber, a dedicated scientist and doctor, was diagnosed with brain cancer, his life changed. Confronting what medicine knows about the illness and the little-known workings of his body's natural cancer ­fighting capacities, and marshaling his own will to live, Servan-Schreiber found himself on a fifteen-­year journey from disease and relapse into scientific exploration and, finally, to health. 

Combining memoir, concise explanation of what makes cancer cells thrive and what inhibits them, and drawing on both conventional and alternative ways to slow and prevent cancer, Anticancer is revolutionary. It is a moving story of a doctor's inner and outer search for balance; radical in its discussion of the environment, lifestyle, and trauma; and compelling and cautionary in its proposal that cancer cells lie dormant in all of us and that we all must care for the "terrain" in which they exist. 

Advocating a sea change in the way we understand and confront cancer, Anticancer is a radical synthesis of science and personal experience, an inspiring personal journey, and certainly a guide to "a new way of life." Anticancer tells us: 

 ◊ Why the traditional Western diet creates the conditions for disease and how to develop a science-based anticancer diet 
 ◊ How and why sugar and stress feed cancer and ways to achieve life balance and good nutrition to combat it
 ◊ Why the effects of helplessness and unhealed wounds affect our ability to restore health 
 ◊ How to reap the benefits of exercise, yoga, and meditation 
 ◊ How to minimize environmental toxins 
 ◊ How to find the right blend of traditional and alternative health care