| View Larger Image | Colon Cancer and the Polyps Connection | Paperbackby Stephen Fisher (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Da Capo Press | | Edition: | 1st Edition | | Page Count: | 288 Pages | | Publication Date: | June 21, 2000 | | Sales Rank: | 1,432,791st |
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"This book will save many lives, possibly yours or that of a loved one—it arms readers with all the information they need to become informed health-care consumers and protect their own health." Robert Tufft, M.D., Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine Colon Cancer & the Polyps Connection is the first-and only book exploring the causes, cures and prevention of colorectal cancer. Gives you all of the facts you need to make the right decisions concerning your health—especially prevention. Yearly, over one-million North Americans are found to have polyps (colorectal cancer develops from polyps)—and 150,000 of those are diagnosed with colorectal cancer. About 1 in 3 people over age 50 have polyps and 56,000 North Americans die annually from colon cancer—more than from breast or prostate cancers! In this guide, author Stephen Fisher, a colorectal cancer survivor, tells how he waged a personal and logical assault on this disease, condensing daily journal entries of his feelings and fears, including his ordeals of searching for answers, finding doctors, enduring treatments and finally, how he faced his own mortality. Fisher shares what he learned from his own exhaustive study and his participation in a $25-million, government-funded study—the PPT, or Polyp Prevention Trial—which focuses on prevention and diet. This comprehensive guide includes terms, procedures, treatments, medical facts and data from The American Cancer Society and National Cancer Institute. Plus complete chapters on fat, fiber, fruits, vegetables, and the Computer-Assisted Diet Assessment created by the PPT! |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.5 based on 2 reviews)
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Colon Cancer Understood by Patricia N. Jackson (Newark, DE United States)  4 Stars
December 17, 2007
When I was diagnosed with Colon Cancer, I was shocked. I had just been through a major surgery for Stage IV Bladder Cancer in 2005. I bought this book after searching for information online and then finding this book. This book gave me the option to "search inside this book", and what I found was very easy to understand information. Very informative. I recommend this to anyone who has been diagnosed or knows someone who is suffering with colon cancer now.
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Definitions and Explanations by D. Etheredge (Seattle, WA)  3 Stars
March 13, 2004
This is a good book for the newly diagnosed patient to the world of colon cancer. If I were so diagnosed I would buy it. It however has a great deal of information on nutrition that is incomplete or does not go far enough. The information on the staging of colon cancer and the definitions and the 'polyps connection' is informative. The majority of the sprinkled references for further information are to the ACS (American Cancer Society), the National Cancer Institute (NCI) or the institutions they help fund. These are billion dollar mainstream institutions that are embedded in their ideas and protocols that have not produced a significantly higher rate of 'survivors' in decades regardless of their funding. (Who besides convential medicine would define a 'survivor' as being alive five years after their treatment?) The authors references suggest consuming 20-30 grams of fiber daily, suggest putrefication of foods in the gut over the years, too few and inadaquate bowel evacuations are main contributors to polyps and colon cancer. I concur, but would add that stress and its neurochemical changes is another contributor. The 'modern' lifestyle has not allowed time for the bowel. What and how much you eat is critical. When and how often you excrete it is equally important.I would suggest this book for a reference to staging, terminology, and as what it is, a readable book written by a diagnosed patient. The author refers to a mid 1990's federal 25 million dollar study to see if low-fat/high-fiber diet can reduce or eliminate polyps. Other degenerative disease therapy books of note have for decades suggested people daily eat raw fruits and vegetables, drink 64 oz of water, take fish oil or flax oil and excercise. I would also suggest the following books; The Gerson Therapy; Beating Cancer with Nutrition; Dr. Jensen's Guide to Better Bowel Care.
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