Kelly Turner: We need to look at these amazing survivors from every angle, including the medical angle, but in the absence of anyone doing that, from my perspective, without a medical degree–but with a PhD in social sciences research — I came at it and said, “Let’s apply anthropology to them.” Regarding the first factor (changing your diet), the majority of people Turner studied greatly reduced or eliminated sugar, meat, dairy, and refined foods, and greatly increased fruit and vegetable intake, choose organic food, and drink filtered water. Kelly Turner: Let’s hope. For me it’s another way to tell the radical remission story. Some people read books about cancer. Other people won’t touch that, but they’ll go see a movie with their favorite actors in it, and if all they know is that it’s about healing, then maybe they’ll go see it, and then they’ll learn about this phenomenon of radical remission. It’s really just about trying to tell the radical remission story in a different way. In the course of her research, Dr. Turner identified more than 75 different healing factors that patients used to help heal themselves. Of these, 9 stood out and were used by almost all of the survivors. These key healing factors involved body, mind, and spirit interventions. Dr. Turner noted that she is just presenting research, not prescribing cancer cures. I now ask all my doctors if they have read this book. So far only my amazing gastroenterologist has said yes. But I am pleasantly surprised to see the number of medical professionals who want to know more when I share the title with them.

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Marianne Cirone: And what do we do about dealing with the resistance to our intuitions? I wonder if women doubt their instincts more, too. Clear, courageous, direct: Kelly Turner navigates the stormy waters of cancer treatment and recovery with aplomb. I really like the way she combines storytelling with thorough data analysis. As a cancer survivor I deeply value her even handedness embracing both conventional medicine and complementary health practices. The last thing I need right now is some kind of shaming right/wrong finger-wagging about the dilemmas of responding to a cancer diagnosis.Her writing offers a wonderfully clear, succinct combination of the results of her data analysis with useful cancer research - and lovely, touching, individual stories of miraculous cancer recovery told with loving care and wonder. So we sit -together with both the science and the magic that is our life on this earth. From her research she found 75 factors could account for the healing. Nine of these factors occurred with the greatest frequency. Her book outlines these nine factors, which are: Take Matthew, for example, who was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer at twenty-seven years old. He had tried everything Western medicine had to offer and his doctors had given up and turned him over to Hospice care. With nothing left to lose, Matthew decided to embark upon a spiritual adventure, so his friends and family all donated money to send him to see the healer John of God in Brazil. As a cancer conqueror, I was expecting a great read as I began this book! What could be more encouraging than learning from someone who had researched and talked to over a thousand radical survivors of cancer and asking what they had done to bring about those changes? I certainly wanted to hear what they had to say. The author noticed a pattern of nine factors that seemed pivotal in many of these accounts of healing. Of these nine factors, only two are physical things I could do- radically change my diet and use herbs and supplements. The other chapters are very spiritually orientated. The spirituality presented in this book was new age faith healing with next to no representation of healing from a Christian perspective. In fact, I don't believe the name of Jesus was mentioned at all.

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If you read only one book on healing this year, Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds would be a great choice. In this New York Times bestselling book, author Kelly Turner, PhD, summarizes her interviews with one hundred cancer survivors and analysis of over one thousand cases of people who experienced a “radical remission” from “incurable” illnesses. The premise is fascinating: there are real people whose medically diagnosed cancer disappeared with no known medical reason, so let's study them and try to figure out what happened. Where the book falls short, for me, is how the investigation does not actually look for scientifically supported reasons for recovery, but instead relies almost entirely on each person's opinion on what they think caused their cancer to go away. Radical Remission offers practical tips for how to make such changes, whether you’re dealing with cancer or trying to prevent it. Let me say again that nobody is suggesting that cancer patients shouldn’t get conventional medical treatment. But let’s not stop there. Let’s do everything we can to optimize the chance for cure by combining conventional treatment with the kinds of mind-body approaches I share in Mind Over Medicine and Dr. Turner shares in Radical Remission. With this kind of Whole Health approach, we can rest easy, knowing that we’ve done everything possible to optimize health outcomes. What do you do with that resistance? I mean, I think the lesson there that I take is that if you want to act like a radical remission survivor, you shouldn’t discount that voice from the beginning. You shouldn’t let six months or two years go by ignoring it. It should have a place at the decision-making table, at least that’s what the people I study say now. They say, “I wish that I would have just let it come to the table, let it have a voice.” Not necessarily always win or always be right, but at least have a vote in the matter.

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Kelly Turner: Yes. I’ve written a screenplay about radical remission and that’s actually my main focus right now, trying to get that film made. About 80% of my time right now is spent on that, which is really stressful, but also exciting. Marianne Cirone: I’ve met so many people through the cancer center that were stage four diagnosis and they’re just doing great and they’re either in remission, or there is no sign of cancer, or they’re off all conventional medication.