About the book
The field of Integrative Medicine has exploded in the past few years. Using nontraditional methods (in concert with conventional approaches) to treat cancer and its side effects is becoming more and more common. However, not all methods are created equal. Here, in one up-to-date, comprehensive volume, cancer and integrative medicine experts examine the evidence, pro and con, for more than 200 treatment methods.
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About Dr. Rosenthal
David S. Rosenthal, M.D., Past President of The American Cancer Society, is Director of Harvard University Health Services and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Rosenthal also serves as a senior physician at Brigham & Women's Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts. He is the Henry K. Oliver Professor of Hygiene at Harvard University.
A graduate of Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Dr. Rosenthal received his degree from Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts in 1963. After an internship and residency with Tufts Medical Service, Boston City Hospital,Dr. Rosenthal was named senior assistant resident at Beth Israel Hospital.
At the Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dr. Rosenthal directed the Clinical Division of Hematology from
1978 - 1990.
Since 1990, Dr. Rosenthal has been the Director and Chief Executive Officer of Harvard University Health Service, coordinating the care and management of 35,000 members of the Harvard University community, in a group practice, financed through prepayment. The University Health Services focuses considerable attention on the patient/physician relationship, individualized services, and researches better ways to measure the quality of the care delivered.
Dr. Rosenthal has been extensively involved as a volunteer with the American Cancer Society. He is past president and a current representative of the New England Division Board of Directors. At the Society's national level, Dr. Rosenthal is a member of the National Assembly. He serves on numerous national committees. Dr. Rosenthal was Chairperson of the Massachusetts Coalition for a Healthy Future/ Tobacco Free Mass.
Dr. Rosenthal has received a number of awards including the American Cancer Society's St. George Medal in 1988 in recognition of outstanding contributions to the control of cancer; in 1970 the Meritorious Service Award, United States Air Force; and from the American Medical Association in 1969, the Physicians Recognition Award. Dr. Rosenthal is a member of American Federation of Clinical Research, American Physicians Fellowship, Inc., American Society of Hematology, American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American College Health Association.
In June of 2000, Dr. Rosenthal was named medical director of the Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrated Therapies at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Dr. Rosenthal said the mission of the center, named after the civil rights activist who succumbed to cancer, is to integrate complementary therapies with conventional cancer treatments. In 2004-2005 he was President of the Society for Integrative Oncology.
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