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 “Self-Help Cancer, performs a valuable
service to cancer patients, by providing both answers
and further direction in the search for CAM (complementary
and alternative medical) cancer treatments.
“There has not been much emphasis
in conventional medicine on dealing with the possible
causes that have brought about cancer and, by possibly
dealing with that, one might be able to affect the
course of the illness. The general orientation of
the CAM cancer specialist is somewhat different. The
body has the ability to heal itself given the right
circumstances and, when cancer develops, it is because
of some kind of breakdown in the body's systems.
“Numerous in vitro and animal
studies provide evidence for the cancer-killing effects
of nutrients and other natural substances. These substances
are frequently damaging to cancer cells, but protective
of normal cells. Furthermore, these same nutrients
are synergistic with conventional treatments, improving
therapeutic results and reducing the toxic side effects
of conventional treatments.
“This website provides an
entry point to the multi-faceted world of complementary,
alternative and integrative medicine, with important
advice for cancer patients seeking the most effective
therapies for their condition.”
Michael
B. Schachter M.D., the medical director of the Schachter
Center for Complementary Medicine, is a magna
cum laude graduate of Columbia College, and received
his M.D. degree from Columbia's Physicians & Surgeons
in 1965. He is board certified in psychiatry, a certified
nutrition specialist, and has achieved advanced proficiency
in chelation therapy from the American College for
Advancement in Medicine (ACAM).
Dr
Schachter has been involved with alternative and complementary
medicine since 1974. He is a recognized leader in
orthomolecular psychiatry, nutritional medicine, chelation
therapy for cardiovascular disease, and alternative
cancer therapies. Co-author of The Food Connection
(1979) and Food, Mind and Mood (1980, 1987)
and author of The Natural Way to a Healthy Prostate
(Keats, 1995), Dr Schachter was a major contributor
to Alternative Medicine's Definitive Guide to Cancer
(Future Medicine, 1997). His latest book is What
Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Depression
(Warner, 2006). Being involved with several complementary
medicine organizations, Dr Schachter was president
of the American College for the Advancement of Medicine
(ACAM) from 1989-91, and is a past president of the
Foundation for the Advancement of Innovative Medicine
(FAIM). A frequent lecturer to both professionals
and the public, Dr Schachter is often a guest on radio
and TV, speaking about health and related topics.
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