Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 208
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Trim: 6¼ x 9½
978-1-5381-0160-5 • Hardback • October 2018 • $38.00 • (£30.00)
978-1-5381-0161-2 • eBook • October 2018 • $36.00 • (£30.00)
Nick Chen, MD, PhD, is the founder and medical director of The Seattle Integrative Cancer Center in Seattle, Washington. He is a board-certified medical oncologist and internist and a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncologists (ASCO) and the International Society of Integrative Oncology (SIO). He is a pioneer in the clinical application of metronomic low-dose chemotherapy and integrative oncology in the management of advanced cancers. Dr. Chen also has trained and practiced medicine on three different continents, which has afforded him extensive knowledge of different treatment models, most of which he incorporates into his practice.
David Tabatsky is a writer, editor, teacher, and performing artist. His publications include Reimagining Women’s Cancers: The Celebrity Diagnosis Guide to Personalized Treatment and Prevention (2016), coauthored with Michele Berman and Mark Boguski; and Reimagining Men’s Cancers: The Celebrity Diagnosis Guide to Personalized Treatment and Prevention (2016), with Mark Boguski and Michele Berman; Write for Life: Communicating Your Way through Cancer (2013); Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Cancer Book: 101 Stories of Courage, Support and Love (2009), coauthored with Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Elizabeth Bayer; and The Wright Choice: Your Family’s Prescription for Healthy Eating, Modern Fitness and Saving Money (2011), with Randy Wright, MD.
Chapter 1 –– From Mustard Gas to Modern Medicine: The Origins, Evolution and Efficacy of Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) Chemotherapy
Chapter 2 –– In Defense of Our Health: The Role of the Immune System in Cancer Prevention and Control
Chapter 3 –– Less is More: The Benefits of Low-Dose Metronomic Chemotherapy
Chapter 4 –– East Meets West: The Value of Integrative Cancer Therapies
Chapter 5 –– Integrative Treatment Plans in Action: Case Histories and Statistics
Chapter 6 –– Moving Forward with Integrative Cancer Treatment
Q & A with Dr. Nick Chen
Useful for patients wishing to learn more about different types of chemotherapy and complementary cancer therapies. — Library Journal
RX for Hope is a book that is long overdue! It provides a rational basis for an enlightened approach to cancer that honors science, nature, the patient, and last, but not least, the physician’s code to use all rational means to promote health, and alleviate unnecessary suffering.
— Mark Gignac, ND, FABNO
This forward thinking workprovides a full explanation of the benefits of metronomic chemotherapy, showing readers both how it works and why they should consider it when making treatment decisions. It should be applauded.
— Paul Reilly, ND; L.Ac; FABNO; Author: How To Prevent and Treat Cancer with Natural Medicine
RX for Hope provides a thorough insight into the aspects of oncology that are often neglected by the modern cancer care establishment despite being instrumental and often successful tools for a segment of cancer patients who haven’t been willing to accept the bleak prognosis offered to them. From emphasis on how chemotherapy administration schedule may affect patient outcomes to a broader attention to the effects that one's own immune system has in controlling cancer, this book makes sense of topics that are generally hard to comprehend. A great read for both cancer patients and doctors alike who are searching for solutions beyond the status quo.
— Atis Barzdins, M.D., Medical Oncologist
Chen and Tabatsky have provided us with an insightful treatment roadmap for patients who have been diagnosed with cancer. Chen’s results should give patients and clinicians pause and reason to review his methodology. Using the newest and best version of chemotherapy delivery, RX for Hope gives patients more hope for better outcomes.
— Daniel Junck, M.D. Hospital Physician