Mount Zion Healthy Living Series

Free noontime lectures to inspire you and provide you with practical, easy ways to be proactive with your health in your daily life. This is a collaboration with the UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women's Health. This lecture series is made possible with generous support from the Mount Zion Health Fund.

For this lecture:
5:30-6:30 pm
Herbst Hall
1600 Divisadero, 2nd Floor

Seating is limited and light refreshments will be provided, so please RSVP to the UCSF Cancer Resource Center at 415.885.3693.

Thursday, January 14, 2010
The Role of the Body's Natural Defenses in the Prevention and Treatment of Cancer

Guest Speaker: David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PhD

Conventional oncology aims at treating cancer by destroying tumor cells. Integrative Oncology also includes strategies to change the tumor's micro-environment and to stimulate the body's natural defenses against cancer growth. Genetics account for at most 15% of cancers. The rest can be attributed to a combination of life-style and environment.

Harnessing new discoveries on the role of nutrition, physical activity, stress management and control of environmental contaminants can have a significant impact on cancer prevention, but also on slowing cancer growth and markedly improving survival as quality of life in patients already diagnosed with cancer. In view of the existing scientific evidence, modern oncology should always include a combination of conventional treatments with integrative approaches.

Dr. Servan-Schreiber is is a physician, neuroscientist, science writer and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Learn more at www.anticancerbook.com.

Dr. Servan-Schreiber's book, Anticancer, A New Way of Life, will be available for purchase at the UCSF Cancer Center Gift Shop.

Note: Dr. Servan-Schreiber will also speak on January 15, 2010.