Metabolic Therapy
In this video, Francisco Contreras spends about 24 minutes speaking on "Metabolic Therapy" at the 38th Annual Cancer Convention held on Labor Day weekend by the Cancer Control Society.
About Dr. Francisco Contreras
Dr. Francisco Contreras serves as director, president and chairman of the Oasis of Hope Hospital. A distinguished oncologist and surgeon, Contreras is renowned for combining conventional and alternative medical treatments with emotional and spiritual support to provide patients with the most positive treatment experience possible.
Oasis of Hope was founded by Contreras’ father, Dr. Ernesto Contreras, Sr. in 1963, and since then the hospital has provided integrative cancer treatment for more than 100,000 patients.
As director, Contreras continues the practice of his father’s two fundamental principles – do no harm and treat the patient as yourself. Today, Contreras oversees the treatment of 800 cancer patients annually.
After graduating with honors from medical school at the Autonomous University of Mexico in Toluca, Contreras studied alternative therapy at the Oasis of Hope Hospital. He then completed his specialty in surgical oncology at the University of Vienna in Austria, where he also graduated with honors.
Contreras has authored and co-authored several books concerning integrative therapy, cancer and heart disease prevention and chronic illness, including “The Hope of Living Cancer Free,” “The Hope of Living Long and Well,” “Fighting Cancer 20 Different Ways” and “Dismantling Cancer.” His newest book with co-author Daniel E. Kennedy, “Hope, Medicine & Healing,” is scheduled for release in fall 2008.
In addition to writing for numerous medical journals, Contreras has participated in medical conferences such as the World Conference on Breast Cancer and is active in the Cancer Control Society. He has been a part of governmental organizations, including the Georgia House of Representatives Health Policy Task Force and the Japanese Medical Association. He has also been on special assignment to Slovakia as a member of the Mexican Health Advisory Board.
A qualified entry-level professional motorcycle racer, Contreras says that racing is similar to performing surgery in that it requires 100 percent focus. Contreras and his wife, Rosa, have four daughters and one son. The family attends church in Bonita, Calif., and enjoys skiing and travel.
Transcription
Good afternoon, it's it's really a pleasure to be here and to share with you our experience at the Oasis of Hope Hospital.
We have been open since 1963 and we've treated over one hundred thousand patients and in that time with cancer and other chronic ailments. And our results have been very, very encouraging over the years. We are a full fledged hospital that has all of the technolog technological advances to monitor, diagnose and help our patients improve whatever condition they have, but especially as far as cancer is concerned and also other chronic ailments. But what separates us from the rest is not that we are well equipped, but really are our philosophy. Our hospital is quite different. It has more than anything like a hotel environment where we have a hospital bed for the patients and a normal bed for their companions. Some of our rooms have great views. We're just two blocks away from the ocean. This is our chapel. One of the nurses stations. And what's more important about the voices of the hospital is the type of therapies that we have, which are based on a very different philosophy. The first one is that my father was probably the first one in the American continent to implement holistic therapies that is taking care not just of the physical needs of the patients, but also the emotional and spiritual needs. And I think that our results prove that taking care of the whole patient is one of the most important factors, especially the treatment of cancer. The second philosophical change is that we are integrative or eclectic. It doesn't matter what type of therapy. We have them all available and we integrate them to help our patients improve their condition, their personalized. Even though there are many factors that are common to all of the patients, every patient has a very specific need and we are going to find that need in fine tune that the therapy specially for that patient. Another big advantage for our patients is that our our therapies are ah ah permanent. They are most for. For most of them completely nontoxic. And that that is the reason why the patient can continue with a therapy forever, especially a cancer patient needs to maintain a therapy always because the tumors have the always the capability of coming back. And that is probably one of the most complicated things about cancer. And lastly, they are very dynamic. All of our therapies are dynamic. Why? Because as we gain more information from the scientific realm, we are going to apply it for the benefit of our patients. So our patients have therapies