内容简介
In this groundbreaking work, Dr. Pier Mario Biava argues that
the problem with cancer is not the disease itself, but how to treat
it, how to approach the affected body. Malfunctioning cells, he
says, need not always be cut out or chemically destroyed: they can
be reprogrammed for normal functioning. This process involves
identifying the information that stem cells receive during
embryonic growth in the mother’s womb and reapplying it to cancer
cells in the fully developed organism. Thus cancer cells can shift
from multiplying and damaging tissue to healthy growth within the
organism. Dr. Biava’s dramatic story recounts not only how he came
by his key insight but also how he devoted years to its testing and
making it operational.
Cancer and the Search for Lost Meaning also contains fascinating
conclusions about what the lessons of this work can offer in terms
of how we view human life and existence. The book makes a powerful
case that cancer is a by-product of the sense of loss and lack of
meaning in modern society and that healing cancer involves healing
that sense of meaninglessness—a process that can lead to a deeper
understanding of, and connection to, life.
作者简介
Pier Mario Biava received his degree in medicine from the
University of Pavia in 1969. He went on to specialize in
occupational medicine at the University of Padova and in hygiene at
the University of Trieste. He has been studying environmental
carcinogens since 1974. Dr. Biava has performed numerous
epidemiological studies, particularly about the relationship
between asbestos and cancer, and has been studying the relationship
between stem cell differentiation and cancer since 1982. He was
head of Occupational Medicine at the Hospital of Sesto S.G.
(Milan), a professor at the Post-Graduate School of Occupational
Medicine at the University of Trieste until 2003, and currently
works at the Institute of Research and Cure of Scientific Character
(IRCSC) Multimedica of Milan. Dr. Biava is the author of more than
a hundred scientific publications and several books. He is vice
president of the International Academy of Tumor Marker Oncology and
a member of the editorial advisory boards of several scientific
journals. In addition, Dr. Biava is president of the Foundation for
Research into the Biological Therapies of Cancer and vice president
of World Wildlife Fund Italy.