1998 Transcripts: Comprehensive Cancer Care Conference
Comprehensive Cancer Care 1998
(1998)

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Below are transcripts from The Center for Mind-Body Medicine's first annual groundbreaking conference, Comprehensive Cancer Care: Integrating Complementary and Alternative Therapies, which was held on June 12 -14, 1998, in Arlington, VA. We have transcribed and edited the audio recordings of the conference and have made them available to you through this site.

Click here for a list of all the Speakers' Biographies

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Keynote & Plenary Sessions

Friday

Welcome & Opening Meditation(48 KB)
James S. Gordon, MD & Senator Tom Harkin

Toward a Comprehensive Cancer Treatment(47 KB)
David Rosenthal, MD & Robert E. Wittes, MD

Healing Ourselves, Healing Our Planet(47 KB)
Samuel Epstein, MD

Breast Cancer: A Critical Need for an Integrated Approach(39 KB)
Devra Lee Davis, PhD, MPH

Race, Poverty & Cancer: Comprehensive Care for All(40 KB)
Harold Freeman, MD

Alternative Therapies: Past & Present, Promise & Limitations(49 KB)
Ralph Moss, MD

Timeless Healing: The Role of Belief in Cancer Treatment(62 KB)
Herbert Benson, MD

Saturday

The Spirit of Healing & The Healing of the Spirit(46 KB)
Bernie Siegel, MD

Complementary Therapy is an Essential Part of Cancer Treatment(56 KB)
William Fair, MD

Freedom of Choice: Are There Limits?(116 KB)
Robert Atkins, MD; Berkeley Bedell; Barrie Cassileth, PhD; Michael Evers, JD; William Fair, MD; James S. Gordon, MD; Robert Temple, MD

Sunday

Remarkable Recovery(60 KB)
Marilyn Schlitz, PhD & Maureen Redl, MA, MFCC

Where Do We Go From Here?(107 KB)
Clement Bezold, PhD; William Fair, MD; James S. Gordon, MD; Wayne Jonas, MD; Ralph Moss, PhD; Mary Ann Richardson, DrPH; David Rosenthal, MD; Ernst Wynder, MD

Breakout Sessions

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100: Integrative Approaches to Cancer Treatment (Part 1)(101 KB)
101 Providing Good Information to People with Cancer(105 KB)
102 New Therapies for Breast Cancer(130 KB)
103 Mobilizing Mind, Body and Spirit to Treat Cancer(133 KB)
104 Diet and Cancer: An Overview(94 KB)
105 Immunotherapies(116 KB)
200 Integrative Approaches to Cancer Treatment (Part 2)(160 KB)
201 Consumer Advocacy: What Needs to be Done?(134 KB)
202 New Therapies for Prostate Cancer(99 KB)
203 Imagery and Cancer Treatment: An Experiential Workshop(76 KB)
204 New Biological Therapies(96 KB)
205 Trophoblastic Hormones and Cancer: A Breakthrough in Treatment?(113 KB)
300 The Uses of Chinese Medicine(109 KB)
301 Financing and Insurance: Possibilities and Pitfalls(101 KB)
302 Issues in Research on Complementary and Alternative Cancer Treatments (Part 1)(101 KB)
303 The Art of Healing: An Experiential Workshop(101 KB)
304 The Dietary Treatment of Cancer (Part 1)(139 KB)
305 Antineoplastons(86 KB)
400 Integrating Mind & Body Through Movement: An Experiential Workshop(74 KB)
401 Constructing Your Integrated Treatment Plan(94 KB)
402 Issues in Research on Complementary and Alternative Cancer Treatments (Part 2)(88 KB)
403 Support Groups for Cancer(91 KB)
404 Dietary Treatments of Cancer (Part 2)(158 KB)
405 Herbal Therapies (94 KB)