Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds

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Do you know how every cancer patient you’ve ever met says, “I don’t remember what happened when I was diagnosed. The last words I heard were, ‘You have cancer.’”? Medical journals, according to Turner, have basically ignored more than 1,000 cases of Radical Remission, which is why she felt compelled to dedicate a book to Radical Remission.

What I really want is I want an exhaustive database that, ideally, has every, single radical remission case that ever happened in one place. That’s my goal, because once we have proof in numbers, then the scientific community won’t be able to ignore them anymore. Kelly Turner defines radical remission as any cancer remission that is statistically unexpected (p. 6). While such cases are rare, they nevertheless deserve to be studied more. In particular Turner contends we should research the explanations given by patients who have experienced radical remission. Her PhD research, and her 2014 book, do just that. She studied more than a thousand written cases and performed over a hundred interviews. Turner takes pains to clarify she is not against conventional treatment for cancer. And she admits the reason for remission are not yet understood. They had not been previously tabulated or published. In this work she offers the nine most prominent explanations given by her respondents. She calls these nine factors hypotheses that offer clues. Kelly Turner: That’s what we’re working on. We’re working on looking for investors. We have certain cast in mind, Hollywood “A” list cast, but you can’t really go to them until you have the money raised. We’re getting all of our pitch stuff ready and our budgets ready to go out to investors. Marianne Cirone: Her book is exactly like that. She even mentioned, in her book, that she read your book and she was like, “And I was happy to realize that I did all nine steps.”Definitely an eat-the-fish-leave-the-bones book. As a 2 time cancer survivor, currently in remission, a friend recommended this book to me. I found the concepts really interesting and worth a lot of thought. It’s like the weight has been lifted from them. They realize they have 18 months of COBRA and someone from their church just donated to them, so they’re going to have great health insurance for 18 months and they say, “Okay. For the next 18 months, I’m just going to not worry about a job. I’m just going to focus on my health.” And then they spend the next 18 months exercising every day, reconnecting to what brings them joy, getting eight hours of sleep in complete darkness, totally cleaning up their diet, boosting their immune system, embracing their friendships again and allowing themselves to be supported and loved by them. If you might be interested in following a mans journey to Bangkok where he meets a sikh who tells his fortune and he gets deeply into energy healing.

What I can say is that you may want to do these nine factors because other people’s research has shown that they all boost the immune system, and boosting the immune system is always a good idea, whether you have cancer or not. If you’re a cancer patient who would like to boost your immune system, then sure. Work on these nine factors. That’s what I can say. When it comes to how I answer your question about what should be people do if they have resistance, it’s hard for me to give advice.

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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. Kelly and I became friends when I was researching Mind Over Medicine, and I shared some of Kelly’s work in my book. But her research has been ongoing, and Kelly’s new book Radical Remission: The Nine Key Factors That Can Make A Real Difference launches today. What Kelly discovered is that the people who experienced radical remissions were not passively sitting by, waiting for a miracle. They were making nine significant changes in their lives, only two of which might be recommended by a forward-thinking physician. Stories of Radical Remission Well, we have hundreds of studies on how depressed cancer patients die sooner. I felt like for all of the emotional factors, I could couch it in terms of reducing stress or increasing endorphins or increasing social support. For every single one of the seven emotional factors, I could reference some batch of studies that has been done, not only with health in general, but specifically with cancer patients. Scientists have done studies on stress and cancer, on depression and cancer, on social support and cancer. 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.