by Rick Shapiro of www.latestagecancer.com
For a few days at the beginning of January, last month (of 2010), I attended an Evidence Based Cancer Conference in West Palm Beach, Florida. I went to the conference with a bit of skepticism about the veracity of what I would hear as well as the credentials and motivations of the presenters. The intent of the conference was to enlighten its attendees and present new information about treatments, therapies and cancer fighting agents.
The attendees were a mixture of Doctors, Hospital administrators, Nurses, Nutritional Experts, Cancer Advocates, numerous Cancer patients and many others with an interest in the Cancer industry. I was quite impressed with the sophistication of the attendees, and, quite frankly, I don't impress easily ....
The presenters were highly credentialed, articulate and, again, extremely impressive. It was interesting to note, that In the course of their presentations, most Doctors and other healthcare practitioners, scientists and pundits were well defended in citing many specific peer reviewed studies corroborating their suggested treatments. Essentially, they stated that the "science" exists which supported their conclusions and associated treatments, which in turn were were substantiated by "real results". Many cases of actual clinical results were represented by the Doctors. (If you wonder why some of these treatments are ignored within the conventional establishment, see my prior blog post entitled "Patents and Profits over Patients-Drug Companies pass on Promising Drugs")
I was a veritable sponge over the course of several days as I absorbed the many words of wisdom spoken by these progressive Cancer experts. It was interesting to note that many of the Medical Doctors had begun their careers comfortably ensconced in the traditional, conventional medical establishment, however, over time they came to recognize that many of the conventional protocols did not work very effectively. Collectively, they experienced major transformations in their medical and philosophical perspectives about how to strengthen the body and, simultaneously, fight Cancer. Many of these Doctors and scientists graduated from some of the most prestigious Medical Institutions in the USA, e.g., Harvard, Columbia, Vanderbilt, etc. These people are not "quacks", I believe they are "cutting edge". I recognized that these kinds of transformations have taken "courage" as some of them have been ridiculed by their erstwhile conventional medical colleagues. I was privileged to have had numerous meetings via breakfast, lunch and dinners with some of these pundits.
Again, this was a superb Conference sponsored by Ann Fonfa, a Cancer survivor and thriver, originally from NYC who is the founder and operator of an excellent Cancer information site found at - www.annieappleseedproject.org
If anyone has a serous interest in the Conference, from any perspective, as a patient or healthcare practitioner, or if you are just interested in learning about cutting edge, progressive Cancer treatments, this is a must Conference to attend !
The next conference will be held March 3-5, 2011, in West Palm Beach, Florida. I'll see you there !
Keep the Hope !
