Metabolic Therapy
In this video, Francisco Contreras spends about 23 minutes speaking on "Metabolic Therapy" at the 46th 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
We also grow older together, and Rodrigo continues to look the same as 30 years ago or more.
You know, everybody remembers my father, but nobody remembers my mom. She passed. She passed away last year at 97.
And my neighbor, whom I'm sitting with, you remind me of my mother in several ways. She brought her crochet and a few years back. My mom came to her pastor and said, passthrough. Would you mind if I crochet were while you preach?
I'd like to redeem my time.
So you may redeem your time by doing your crochet. It's a pleasure to be with you. And the oasis of hope is we'll celebrate. Fifty five years. This is celebrating now. Fifty five years. And we're very happy to be a part of the Cancer Control Society for many, many years with. And we partnered with you for that.
And what separates the oasis of hope from many other oncological centers in the world is more than technological, although there are many things that are different.
As far as technology is, Rumi, our philosophy, the philosophy of treating cancer nowadays is to attack the tumor. And all the efforts scientifically are aimed at the tumors and very little is done for for the patients.
And so we believe that attending to the patient's needs. And as Dr. Riegel said, exploiting our capacity to fight disease in the good sense of the word will will bring us much, much better results than just attacking the tumor. So that's a major philosophical difference. The other difference is that even though the thrust of all new developments are based on signaling transduction. And I'll be asking you about signaling transaction tomorrow. So pay attention. As transaction is a very complicated system within our bodies that teaches or gives information to the cell so the cell can provide the elements that our body needs. And and so the genes are going to let the cell know what protein is needed. And that establishes what it's called a metabolic root. And all rounds have signaling systems. Correct. You are right here by looking at the signaling systems on the freeway.
To come to Glendale, because if you followed L.A. or San Diego, you would not have ended up here.
So ourselves through that single in system will then produce the proteins that are necessary. Well, malignant cells also have metabolic roots that are controlled by signals. And all the new developments are basically developing drugs to attack this system. So mutations provoke changes in the amount of new amount of proteins that a tissue needs. And the needs of cancer are different from the needs of