Title: The Conquest of Cancer: A Long-Ignored Breakthrough: Autologous Tissue Anticancer Immunization Therapy
Author: Vladimir Kalina
Publisher: AuthorhouseUK
ISBN: 9781524679224
Pages: 356
Genre: Non-Fiction / Health – Medical
Reviewed by: Gillian Pemberton
Pacific Book Review
The field of medicine is complicated and often misunderstood by the general population. Author Vladimir Kalina’s well-organized and well-researched exploration of a potentially beneficial cancer treatment is a true illustration of that fact, but also a very organized and detailed explanation of the suggested treatments. The reader is introduced to a surgical procedure called ‘devitalization’ which has the potential to treat patients with advanced cancers. Specifically, patients whose only option with today’s conventional medicine would be palliative care and ultimately, death. Despite the extensive cancer research and funding of such research, treatments have improved over time, but hosts of outside factors mean that many potentially beneficial treatments are not accessible to patients.
The first few chapters of the book explore those outside factors. When a patient goes to a doctor or hospital with a deadly disease, we assume they are given every treatment option possible, but that’s simply not the case. Only approved treatments, and certain ones are offered. On the surface this makes sense. But deeper thought reveals another question: why are patients not offered every available treatment, even if non-conventional, when they will surely die anyway? Why aren’t the patients allowed to make these choices for themselves? Why do we blindly trust medical professionals when red tape and bureaucracy often hinder them? While this is not the only point of the book, these ideas are important to the author’s ultimate goal. The book offers glimpses into the research and approval side of medicine which many people may have never actually considered.
After introducing the difficult road for any procedure to become a part of standard medical practice, the actual procedure of ‘devitalization’ is introduced. It’s introduction, history, and potential benefits are explored in depth. For the average reader, myself included, this section of the book, which comprised the largest portion and the ‘meat’ of the information, reads somewhat like a medical textbook. It is dry, extremely detailed, and the information is supported by multiple equations, graphs, and illustrations. While it was often difficult to understand for a lay-person, the large point was clear: this treatment has the potential to help people with no other options and should be reconsidered, after going through the proper channels, potentially offered to the public.
With more time to research the wealth of technical information offered, a reader or medical professional could absorb this knowledge and have a better understanding of a potentially life-saving technique. Fortunately, a detailed Table of Contents allows any reader to locate and follow the information most pertinent to their individual situation. The Conquest of Cancer: A Long Ignored Breakthrough is extensively researched and a thorough and incredibly detailed exploration of current cancer treatments and research — one that has not had the proper chance to make a difference.
