     
Holistic Care If you or a loved on has been diagnosed with cancer, you may find yourself
confused about treatment options. These resources can help you make informed, intelligent
treatment decisions that consider all available options.
The resources are listed here as a service to the
community to help facilitate informed searches. WCRC does not endorse any particular
practitioner or treatment modality. All the information/counseling services described
below are independent fee-for-service organizations. In most cases, you will be able to
obtain a report within a few days of your request.
Download the WCRC's 2005 Holistic Directory: Introduction and Directory
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The Health Resource, Inc.
CANHELP
The Alternative Therapy
Program
Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D.
Special Report: Integrating Complementary and
Alternative Therapies
The Health Resource, Inc., telephone
800-949-0090, www.thehealthresource.com
This research organization was established as a
result of director Janice R. Guthrie's bout with ovarian cancer. Guthrie's research was so
important in helping her regain a sense of control over her health that she decided to do
similar research as a service for others with medical problems. Clients receive an
individualized, comprehensive research report on their type of cancer with information on
the latest treatment options worldwide--both conventional and alternative--and on current
research, self-help measures, specialists, and resource organizations. The report includes
profiles of cancer patients with the same type of cancer who have either recovered or well
outlived their life expectancy.
CANHELP, telephone 800-565-1732, www.canhelp.com
CANHELP was founded by Patrick M. McGrady, Jr.,
medical writer and co-author of the Pritikin diet book. He offers to help guide the client
through "the maze of claims, counter-claims and put-downs regarding conventional and
alternative therapies." CANHELP's individualized report includes a computer printout
of relevant research and treatment information from medical data banks with a personal
interpretation for the client and her physician.
The Alternative Therapy Program,
telephone 515-972-4444 http://www.peopleagainstcancer.com
Developed by the nonprofit People Against
Cancer to provide unbiased information and counseling on nontoxic cancer therapies,
this program is based on the belief that people with cancer have two fundamental
rights--the right to know and the right to choose. They act as an advocate in directly
consulting with select physicians and researchers worldwide. These experts report on their
past results with the type of cancer concerned and describe their therapy. In some cases
they provide the name and telephone number of someone they have treated for a similar
cancer at a similar stage.
Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D., telephone 800-980-1234,
www.ralphmoss.com
Dr. Moss, former assistant director of public
affairs at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, offers assistance in assessing the
usefulness of conventional treatments for the client's type of cancer, evaluating
alternative methods and practitioners and finding resources. Dr. Moss has spent the last
20 years investigating and writing about cancer issues. His book, Questioning
Chemotherapy, is, so far as he knows, the first book written about the failures as
well as the successes of chemotherapy.
In Minnesota?
For information on local practitioners and
holistic treatment options, please contact WCRC by phone at 612-822-4846 or 877-892-6742,
or by e-mail wcrc@wcrcmn.org.
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