BUILDING MENTAL AND PHYSICAL CANCER RESISTANCE

From the Preface

What is cancer? It is something that forms in your body, and is most likely to be
something that your body itself created. Therefore, the cancer will not subside unless
you change the constitution of your body that created the cancer in the first place.
Although many patients try to convince themselves that “the cause of the cancer is
unknown”, this is in fact not the case ? they are just not trying to understand the cause.
And, if they themselves created the cancer, do they really want to cure it from the
bottom of their hearts? Are they really trying to lead both their minds and bodies to
control the cancer? When I talk to patients in the consultation room, it strikes me that so
few patients talk with their doctors and try to understand the treatment choices, the
details of their treatment of choice, and the actual course of treatment.

In general, cancer patients believe that cancer treatments are very unpleasant, that most
treatments are ineffective, and that most patients die quickly in a lot of pain. However,
if patients can change their attitudes, they will be able to overcome such problems.

In the outpatient clinic, I encounter many patients who tell me that they were under a lot
of stress from a few years previously until right before they developed cancer. In
medicine, there is something called the “autonomic nervous system and the
hypothalamic-pituitary axis”, in which one’s emotions affect the pituitary gland, which
then secretes fight hormones such as adrenaline, noradrenaline, and corticosterone.
Strong anger or anxiety is known to disrupt the body’s hormonal balance, resulting in a
decrease in the activities of the immune system. Moreover, it is also known that feeling
comfortable or happy leads to activation of the immune system.

Although doctors will often make comments, such as “you cannot be cured” or “this
treatment will only be effective temporarily and will eventually become ineffective”,
such comments will only weaken the patient’s immune system, leading to unfavorable
treatment outcomes. Treatments must be undergone with hope. By preparing your body
into “a body that does not succumb to cancer” before receiving cancer treatment, you
will be able to gain maximum benefit from the treatments. This book was written to
guide cancer patients in this way. It would be my great pleasure if this book would
benefit patients and assist them in their future cancer treatments.