CANCER A SECOND OPINION by Josef Issels (9780757002793)
CANCER A SECOND OPINION by Josef Issels (9780757002793)
CANCER A SECOND OPINION (Book)
Josef Issels Release Date: 31 Aug 2005 Format: Paperback Pages: 224 ISBN: 9780757002793
Dr. Josef Issels cured cancer, but not just any cancer. He cured advanced, recurrent cancer--cancer that had laughed at radiation and thrived on chemotherapy. And he used different, gentler treatments.
The people whom Issels had snatched from the fist of death loved him. But he had opponents as well. Rather than rejoice at the lives he saved, these medical professionals attempted to discredit Issels through slander, sanction, and lawsuits. They had him arrested, jailed, and put on trial.
But the courts acquitted Issels and the media trumpeted the story. Independent scientists verified his groundbreaking cures and medical journals published his work. A BBC London documentary made him an overnight international medical hero. The German Government awarded him a position on its Federal Cancer Commission.
Long before the terms "alternative" and "complementary" were part of American medical culture, Dr. Issels created the world's first fully "integrative" cancer therapy. Issels hypothesized that primary and recurrent malignancies result from a tendency of the body to produce tumors--a tendency built on underlying problems that are potentially curable through comprehensive immunotherapy. Guided only by his desire to cure the patient, Issels made use of every weapon in his arsenal to reduce tumors, to strengthen the immune response, and to heal tissues. He brought together potent treatments from conventional medicine, holistic medicine, and marginalized medicine. In Cancer: A Second Opinion, the Father of Integrative Medicine describes the treatment that produced the most remarkable, independently verified cure rate in medical history--and explains why this approach can improve worldwide cure rates today.
Josef Issels, M.D., studied in Freiburg, Bonn, Munich, Vienna, Dusseldorf, and Wurzburg. In 1951, he established the first European hospital for "incurable" cancer patients. Biographer Gordon Thomas captured the mythic proportion of his life and medicine in Issels: The Biography of a Doctor. Dr. Issels lived from 1907 to 1998. His work is continued by the Issels Foundation, which is headed by his wife and forty-year collaborator, Ilse Marie Issels.
