Complementary And Alternative (CAM) Cancer Treatments In Germany

"Ralph W. Moss is one of the most distinguished experts on complementary and alternative medicine in Germany. His report is a reliable source of information, describing in a comprehensive way the treatments available at German clinics. It will help patients make better decisions as they seek CAM treatment in Germany."

German CAM treatment has a long history and draws on a 2,000-year-old tradition of botanical medicine. The Renaissance physician Paracelsus turned medicine towards a reliance on personal experience and experimentation. Hufeland, Priessnitz and Kneipp then advanced the exploration of the effects of dietary and life style changes, water (hydrotherapy) and heat (hyperthermia) on health. The creation of German many health spas in the 19th and early 20th centuries provided home bases for doctors and laypersons, who practiced 'natural medicine.' About half of German CAM clinics are still located in spa towns.

This 82-page report focuses on the development of CAM cancer treatments in the post-WWII environment. It explores the methods used at these clinics, including hyperthermia in its varied forms as well as mistletoe extracts; biological response modifiers; autologous, dendritic cell and Newcastle disease virus vaccines; thymic peptides; orthomolecular medicine; and photodynamic therapy. It discusses six seminal figures who helped shape the development of the CAM in Germany: Issels, Hackethal, Nieper, Scheef, Ransberger and von Ardenne. It concludes with a frank appraisal of eight of the leading clinics that Moss visited in 2008-2009.

Many experts familiar with the German CAM clinic scene have read and contributed their knowledge to this report. Here are some of their comments:

"This excellent factual report on the development of CAM cancer treatment in Germany will guide many patients to prolong their lives in better quality. It also gives me great satisfaction that my husband Dr. Josef Issels' perseverance in, and devotion to, the advancement of the comprehensive immunotherapy of cancer, were not in vain."
-Ilse-Marie Issels, Scottsdale, AZ

"Ralph W. Moss's report on the German CAM cancer clinics is excellent and very informative. It will be a great help for patients as well as physicians."
-Thomas Nesselhut, MD, Institute for Tumor Therapy, Duderstadt, Germany

"I greatly enjoyed reading this report. In particular, the section on the development of CAM treatments in Germany as compared to other countries, is very interesting." 
-Alexander Herzog, MD, Herzog Klinik, Bad Salzhausen, Germany

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