Cancer War: A War Lost!

President Nixon declared war on cancer on 3 December 1971 and promised the American people and the world then that victory over cancer would be achieved within five years. It was not to be. Today cancer shot up to be the number one killer in the US. “The war on war was a qualified failure” declared an author in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine.

When I think of war, what comes uppermost to my mind is Vietnam. Mighty America went to the battlefield with the most sophisticated gadgets and weapons of war. Might, terror, money and brain went into the fight to win. The Vietnamese had primitive weaponry and burrowed themselves into the ground to avoid the mighty Americans. The world knows the Vietnamese won the war!

The Star (Malaysian’s major newspaper - 19 November 2006) carried an Associated Press newsreport with this heading: “Viets wonder why Americans can’t get past war.” It said: “The American president erred in Iraq because he failed to learn a fundamental lesson of the Vietnam conflict: All the firepower in the world can’t defeat people … Vietnamese were very determined — we would not give up. That’s why we won.” The consequence was tragic. “The Americans invaded Vietnam and left. We’re the ones who had to live with the consequences.”

Perhaps fighting cancer is like the Vietnamese war? I have maintained that treating cancer based on the concept of war would never succeed! If doctors wage an unending war within the body — what do you think happens to the battleground (your body!)? Surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy etc. are advanced, mighty “fire power.” Cancer cells are just tiny enemies floating and circulating around in the blood stream that later attach themselves to certain tissues of the body. Can these awesome treatments destroy all cancerous cells yet at the same time not destroy the host i.e., you and your living systems? Are we healing the sick body or are we creating more Vietnam, Hiroshima and Iraq?

In our strategy to fight cancer, while I advise patients to seek the assistance of modern medicine at the same time beware of the damage modern medical treatment can do to the body. In short, patients should know the limits of medical science and know when to say: “Enough is enough.” At the same time, I feel that patients should seek other benefits from the traditional methods of healing. The wisdom of the Chinese and Indian cultures cannot be ignored — no matter how “educated or scientific” you think you are! They have much to offer in terms of maintaining and restoring health. Much has been said about the need to build or rebuild a strong immune system. Let our own body’s defence system destroy or fight the cancerous cells. Fight the war from within! The mighty, sophisticated weaponry of modern medicine may not be totally effective!

The problem with many of us is we like to turn a blind eye to what we don’t understand or know. We always think our ways are always the best — other ways are suspect and are of no consequence.

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