Metabolic Therapy
In this video, Francisco Contreras spends about 21 minutes speaking on "Metabolic Therapy" at the 39th 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
Thank you very much. I want to start with with a video if they have it ready, because we've developed what we're calling cancer battleplan, which is an interactive program that we have for patients with cancer to get started on the right foot. A lot of times when you are diagnosed, you are frozen and the doctor tells you that they need to do this and that. And you just say, well, you're the expert and I know nothing and do whatever you want.
And that's the wrong approach. If you don't. If you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail. And so this is a free program that we've developed for for all of these completely free. And you don't have to be an oasis of hope patient in order to take advantage of that. So I want to show a very short video about it so that you can take advantage of this if we have the video ready.
She said, no, that's I was diagnosed. Well, we'll we'll we'll show it.
It is the one that says there's a spot. Yes, that no. The one on the spot.
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In order to beat cancer, you really need to prepare. There is a plethora of information and here is one of the areas where you can get very, very good information. But a lot of information sometimes can be quite confusing. So getting your act together, as you say here in America, is very important in how you will fight this disease. And we've been doing this for almost 50 years, as Frank said, at the Oasis of Hope Hospital. We have a lot of experience. We've treated over 100000 patients in our facility and our facility is state of the art. It has all of the elements