Monday’s Book Excerpt from Lessons from the Miracle Doctors

"I’m not going to prescribe or play doctor in this chapter, but rather explore the nature of cancer on a theoretical basis. Nevertheless, I think you will find that this exploration opens up a whole range of possible treatment options -- once you understand the true nature of the disease.

First, let’s talk about the state of cancer in the United States today. If you believe what you read in the press, cancer treatment is making great strides: diagnosis and treatment are better than ever, more people are being saved than ever before, people are living longer after diagnosis, discovery of the cancer gene and the elusive cure for cancer are right around the corner, and things have never looked better for winning the war on cancer.

On the other hand, if you look just below the surface, you find an entirely different story:

• We spend $209 billion a year on cancer treatment in the United States.
• In the February 9, 1994 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, the war on cancer was declared a failure: 'In all age groups, cancer incidence is increasing... Few new effective treatments have been devised for the most common cancers.'
• The incidence of cancer is soaring, up between 800 and 1,700 percent in the last 100 years (depending on whose numbers you look at). According to the American Cancer Society, one in every 2.5 Americans will get some form of invasive cancer in their lives, and half of those who get it will die from it. Now, it is true that the rates for some forms of cancer -- prostate, colon, and breast cancers -- have dropped slightly in the last couple of years, but that drop is only relative to the extremely high levels that were reached in the last 100 years. Rates for other forms of cancer, such as lymph cancer and pancreatic cancer, have soared.
• More people are dying from cancer than ever before. In the early 1900s, cancer was a rare occurrence in the American population. Today, it is the number two killer in the United States, trailing only heart disease.

So, which story is true? They can’t both be true, can they? Actually, they can -- sort of. Benjamin Disraeli, one of England’s great prime ministers, once said, 'There are three kinds of lies in the world: lies, damn lies, and statistics.' And that’s exactly what we have here: statistical lies. Just do a little logical thinking and the truth begins to shine forth. So, let’s take these claims one at a time and see what the truth is behind them."

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