and in his book Anticancer : A New Way of Life that "...takes all the cancer research that's
out there.. and put[s] it into plain and understandable text. ..." (A Reader from Goodyear, Arizona USA)
We have found causes of cancer as early as 1978 in this step by step self-help guide
to overcoming cancer for patients and their families. Searching for the cause of cancer
is found on p.31 and tracing what causes cancer is found on p.32 in this first edition of
Getting Well Again that has an extensive bibliography of research references
for your review.
"In this revolutionary book the Simontons profile the typical "cancer personality": how an
individual's reactions to stress and other emotional factors can contribute to the onset
and progress of cancer -- and how positive expectations, self-awareness, and self-care
can contribute to survival. This book offers the same self-help techniques
the Simonton's patients have used to successfully to reinforce usual medical treatment
-- techniques for learning positive attitudes, relaxation, visualization, goal setting,
managing pain, exercise, and building an emotional support system."
And this July 4, 2007 review on Amazon.com by
A Reader from Toronto, Ontario, Canada who is "...a physician interested in the mind-body connection. I have done a lot of
reading in this field and am definitely a proponent of the now fairly well-established
theory that the mind and body are indivisibly linked. ...While I wholeheartedly
believe in the mind-body link, I do not believe in - nor do I support others in their
belief of - a "cancer personality." In fact, the very term is loaded, in that
it ascribes blame (or at least cause and effect) for one's illness squarely on the patient.
I suppose this is not surprising - there is still much that is not known about cancer - and
as an "evolved" race, modern-day man is very resistant to the idea that there are still things
over which we have very little control. Though well-intentioned, it is, nonetheless, a dangerous
belief. Certainly I have seen patients who seem to fit Simonton's "cancer personality"
- and I have seen just as many cancer patients who do not. And the unsettling fact
remains that many, many people sporting Simonton's "cancer personality" to a tee will never
develop cancer at all.
...cancer is probably "caused" more by genetics and environment than we want to believe.
Ironically, the single biggest contributing factor to many cancers likely remains our own choices -
lifestyle choices such as smoking, drugs, alcohol, unsafe sex, a poor diet and lack of sleep and
exercise that we know with certainty place stress on our bodies and predispose us to all kinds
of disease. Our mental attitude definitely is a part of that, and I do believe that stress can
impair the healing process - and perhaps even in some cases, cause illness.
...this book remains a real resource...a potentially helpful resource. Illness, and
especially uncertainty, are dark companions, and people need to follow their hearts as well as
their minds in finding their way through difficult times. Take the good this book
has to offer..."
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