Traces the author's survival of deadly mantle-cell lymphoma through his investigation of cutting-edge research cures, describing the author's denouncement of chemotherapy and non-scientific alternative treatments, and citing his efforts to study and exercise currently unapproved options. (Science & Mathematics)
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Neil Ruzic (1930-2004) was the founder and former publisher of several worldwide scientific magazines, including Industrial Research and Oceanology International. He was the author of 250 articles and 11 books, including Where the Winds Sleep and The Shallow Sea.
"In September 1998 publisher and scientific journalist Ruzic was diagnosed with mantle-cell lymphoma... He faced a prognosticated further life-span of 18 months, and that would be made insufferable by side effects from the prescribed chemotherapy... His scientific mind was certain that there were other, perhaps more effective and certainly less deadly treatment options, if one could find them. He made finding a cure for his cancer a full-time job... He discovered that an abundance of biological therapies is being developed in the scientific, rather than the strictly medical arena, and he reports that those biotherapies and vaccines are proving highly effective for cancer treatment. His well-written memoir recounts a four-year odyssey that took him from splenectomy and diagnosis, through successfully ditching chemotherapy in favor of biotherapy, and to what he boldly calls a cure." -- Booklist (starred review) "In this extraordinary book, we encounter the experience and science of cancer through the lens of a delightful and sophisticated writer. Exploring the landscape of American research landscape with intelligence and passion, Neil Ruzic leads us to the important and surprising conclusion that the immune system is a central agent for cancer cure. This insight frames important new ways that patients and their families should understand and select their cancer care, and new research and clinical priorities for scientists, physicians, and policy makers." --Dr. Jonathan Braun, Immunologist, UCLA "Ruzic's experience in fighting his own cancer is a gripping story. He shows us how to fight cancer and win. One case does not prove a theory, but this experience has opened my eyes to the power of the patient as his own advocate to cure his own cancer while extending the frontiers of medical knowledge. Cancer patients and friends and family members who wish to understand their treatment better will have their horizons broadened by reading Ruzic's remarkable saga." --Dr. Carl June, Immunologist, University of Pennsylvania "The days of the authoritarian Doctor telling patients what is good for them should be over. Racing to a Cure helps educate and empower both physicians and patients to enter in a partnership of care." --Dr. David Granet, Pediatric Ophthalmologist, University of California San Diego "With the large number of recent discoveries quickly going into the clinic, it is important to make patients aware of the numerous possibilities and options available to them and to remind physicians of these potential therapies. I plan to give copies to all my students." --Dr. Phillip Koeffler [awaiting bio] "This book needs to be read by all cancer patients and their families throughout the world, and by the physicians treating them." --Dr. Wolf-Karsten Hofmann, Hematologist and Senior Researcher at the University Hospital of Frankfurt/Main "No ordinary patient memoir, this book provides an intriguing glimpse into the world of cutting-edge cancer research from the perspective of a well-heeled, highly educated patient willing to challenge conventional medical wisdom... His arguments are thought-provoking and deserve a wide audience. Recommended for academic, medical, public, and consumer health collections." -- Library Journal
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