This book is not a monograph for cancer treatment, it is not recommended for readers to follow treatments according to it. The book is about what I thought and did after I was diagnosed with cancer.
I cannot say my viewpoints and treatments are all correct for all disease outcomes, but some patients, even some prominent people could have survived much longer but the outcome was precisely the opposite of what they wished. There are various reasons for patients failing to receive effective treatments. One of the reasons is the patient’s ignorance. The CEO of Apple Steve Jobs was forced to undergo surgery nine months after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, missing out on the best treatment time. There is another reason, which sometimes may be the most important reason, which is a doctor's mistake. The aforementioned rich man from Hong Kong and the patient from the Philippines suffered from the same disease: kidney cancer with liver metastasis, but the results were totally different because different treatments were applied.
Survival is a critical priority for both patient and doctor. When treating a cancer patient, what should one fully consider? The patient’s life or the treatment itself? Although the treatment one applies may be conventional, if the treatment increases the patient’s suffering, or even shortens the patient's life, as a doctor, how does one choose? In some medical conferences, I have often said if we consider the individualized treatment schedule you made as a doctor and patient, the result would largely differ.
This is what I really want to convey.