Longest Living Mesothelioma Survivor Tells His Story Posted: 11-29-05 11:30am
Paul kraus, who is probably the world’s
longest living survivor of malignant
mesothelioma, has written a book about how
he healed his cancer using an holistic
approach and invites other mesothelioma
and lung cancer patients to speak with
him.
For more information:
www.Survivingmesothelioma.
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in june 1997, paul kraus was diagnosed
with mesothelioma, a deadly cancer that
has an average survival of less than 12
months. In his case, the prognosis was
not even that optimistic. He was told
that he had only “a few months to
live” and was offered palliative
treatments of surgery and chemotherapy.
Palliative means that the treatment would
not cure him but might help reduce his
symptoms. After the extensive side
effects were explained, mr. Kraus decided
to reject these therapies.
Instead, he immersed himself in learning
about alternative treatment approaches to
cancer. This is a hot subject in which
many orthodox oncologists believe there is
little value. Nonetheless with over $40
billion spent on orthodox cancer therapies
by the national cancer institute in the
last ten years and no real progress made
in extending the survival of patients with
metastatic solid cancers, it is a subject
that has seen increased interest by
patients and politicians. According to a
recent survey in the journal of clinical
oncology three-quarters of cancers
patients use some type of complimentary or
alternative treatment. And the federal
government has spent over $300 million
researching complimentary and alternative
therapies through its cam programs in the
last five years.
For paul kraus his own personal research
paid off. He took an alternative approach
to healing his cancer. Now, more than
eight years later, he is alive with a good
quality of life having rejected repeated
offers of surgery, radiation, and
chemotherapy.
As news of his achievement spread through
an ever widening network of “terminal”
cancer patients, he decided to share his
approach with others by putting it down on
paper. The book, surviving mesothelioma
and other cancers: a patient’s guide
details the author’s approach to healing
cancer. In the book’s introduction, he
wrote, “my survival has been hard work.
The underlying assumption with all that I
have done, and continue to do, is a strong
belief that our bodies are designed with
amazing self-healing capacities.”
mr. Kraus’ book has impressed some
orthodox trained physicians. Bernie
siegel, m.D (medical doctorate from
cornell medical college and surgical
training at yale university) reviewed the
book and commented, “paul kraus’ book
has all the information a cancer patient
needs to have in order to learn what
survival behavior is about. He has lived
the experience, is a native in cancer land
and can guide you through the
territory.”
