THE MOSS REPORTS Newsletter (01/23/05)

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THE MOSS REPORTS Newsletter (01/23/05)

 

 

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Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D. Weekly CancerDecisions.com

Newsletter #168 01/23/05

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THE MOSS REPORTS

 

 

Studies have shown that at least 70 percent of cancer patients are

using some form of complementary and alternative medicine in addition to

their standard cancer treatment. Yet the medical profession remains

appallingly badly informed about the alternative treatments their

patients

are increasingly using.

 

This week I announce a meeting that aims to change this unfortunate

situation.

 

For thirty years I have been writing about cancer treatments, both

conventional and alternative. The fruit of my long career in this

field is

The Moss Reports, a comprehensive library of more than two hundred

individual reports on specific cancer diagnoses. For a cancer patient, a

Moss Report represents an invaluable guide and handbook for the journey

ahead.

 

If you would like to order a Moss Report for yourself or someone you

love, you can do so from our website, www.cancerdecisions.com, or by

calling Diane at 1-800-980-1234 (814-238-3367 from outside the US).

 

We look forward to helping you.

 

 

IMPORTANT MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

 

 

The fourth weeklong CancerGuides® training program is scheduled to

begin on March 13, 2005, at the Claremont Hotel in Berkeley, CA. This

program is the most comprehensive training in integrative cancer

treatment

in the United States. It is specifically designed to help oncology and

other health professionals to guide their patients in creating

individualized programs of comprehensive care. I will be addressing the

meeting on the subject of alternative cancer clinics in Europe and Mexico.

 

CancerGuides® provides scientific information on, and guidance in using

safe and effective complementary approaches, including proper

nutrition, stress management, massage, exercise, group support and

Chinese

medicine. It teaches the professionals who come how to help their

patients

to discriminate among the bewildering array of complementary therapies

that so many are already using.

 

The CancerGuides® training is attended by a full spectrum of health

professionals, including oncologists and other physicians, oncology

nurses, social workers, psychologists, and patient advocates. The

content of

CancerGuides® is based on the Center for Mind-Body Medicine's

Comprehensive Cancer Care Conference, which was called " the most

important

alternative medicine meeting in America " by The New Yorker.

 

Studies demonstrate that up to 70 percent of all US cancer patients are

using alternative or complementary therapies, and that the majority of

professionals they consult possess little knowledge about these

practices. Thus, patients are generally left to figure out what to do on

their own, at times leading them to try ineffective - or even harmful -

treatments. CancerGuides® aims to fill the knowledge gap in the

professional community. As one oncologist who attended the program

said, " The

CancerGuides® training is the best way for physicians and other health

professional to learn to bring truly integrative care to their patients.

We use what we've learnt every day. "

 

CancerGuides® was created by the Center for Mind-Body Medicine (CMBM),

which is led by Founder and Director James S. Gordon, MD. Dr. Gordon,

who is the former Chair of the White House Commission on Complementary

and Alternative Medicine Policy, and the author of Comprehensive Cancer

Care and Manifesto for a New Medicine, among other books, is also a

clinical professor at Georgetown Medical School. He founded the CMBM in

1991 in an effort to bring a humane, integrative approach to medical

care.

 

The CancerGuides® training is co-sponsored by the Susan G. Komen

Foundation, the George Family Foundation, Cancer Treatment Centers of

America, and the Center for Spirituality and Healing at the University of

Minnesota. National and local cancer organizations, including the

Association of Northern California Oncologists (ANCO), and the

Oncology Nursing

Society (ONS), are actively participating. Almost 400 people have

attended the training in its first three years.

 

To participate, register, or to learn more about this important

meeting, please contact the Center for Mind-Body Medicine at

202-966-7338 or

visit www.cmbm.org.

 

 

 

--Ralph W. Moss, PhD

 

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