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When David Servan-Schreiber, a dedicated scientist and doctor, was diagnosed with brain cancer, his life changed. Confronting what medicine knows about the illness and the little-known workings of his body’s natural cancer-fighting capabilities, and marshaling his own will to live, Servan-Schreiber found himself on a fifteen-year journey from disease and relapse into scientific exploration and, finally, to health. Combining memoir, concise explanation of what makes cancer cells thrive and what inhibits them, and drawing on both conventional and alternative ways to slow and prevent cancer, Anticancer is revolutionary.

It is a moving story of a doctor’s inner and outer search for balance; radical in its discussion of the environment, lifestyle, and trauma; and compelling and cautionary in its proposal that cancer cells lie dormant in all of us—and that we all must care for the “terrain” in which they exist.

Advocating a change in the way we understand and confront cancer, Anticancer is a radical synthesis of science and personal experience, an inspiring personal journey, and certainly a guide to “a new way of life.”

David Servan-Schreiber, MD , PhD, is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and cofounder of the Center for Integrative Medicine. He is a founding member of the organization Doctors Without Borders and continues to work in international crisis intervention.

April 14, 2009: "This book does a good job of blending Western and Eastern medical approaches to something that scares most people -- cancer. With language that is readable, the author maps out a way of living that helps a body fight off cancer cells. I appreciate the way this book does more than name things that are healthy, such as Omega-3s; it explains why these things are healthy. That gives the book more scientific credibility than any 30 second sound bite you might run across on the TV newscast. This books is well-worth reading for both cancer patients and those who want to support them, but also for all those who want to avoid getting the dreaded disease."

In a recent email, Prof. Mendelsohn – who is the President of the largest Cancer center in the United States -- expressed his support for the ideas laid out in “Anticancer: A New Way of Life”, and invited Dr. Servan - Schreiber to lead a series of talks at the University of Texas’ new “Center for Integrative Oncology”.

Dr. Servan-Schreiber: "I wanted to share with you the satisfaction I felt recently, when Prof. John Mendelsohn, MD, the President of the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston – the largest center for care and research in cancer in the United States – sent me word of his support. He also invited me to spend part of this summer leading a series of discussions with the team of the new "Center for Integrative Oncology" in Houston this summer. At a time when it may seem that medical experts some oncologists are still enmeshed in pointless controversies are still lukewarm about cancer prevention patients taking part of their care in their own hands, I’m glad to be able to reassure the large number of you who have put in action, in your daily lives, the measures for preventing and accompanying the treatment of cancer that I describe in my book have decided to follow the recommendations of Anticancer, that our work also has the support of one of the most reputable cancer specialists in the world."

Prof.Dr. Mendelsohn’s letteremail: "I found Anticancer to be a highly readable and well-researched book. It provides the understanding needed for the practice of evidence-based cancer prevention and risk reduction. It also fills an important gap in our knowledge of how patients can contribute to their own care by supplementing conventional medical treatment. I recommend this book for anyone interested in preventive medicine and integrative, complementary approaches to patient care."