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In my opinion it is the responsibility of the "medical expert" to be sufficiently educated in most (if not all) symptoms and accompanying treatment regimens, whether it be alternative or conventional, in their particular specialty.
Zev Eisenberg concluded that his physicians had limited the scope of their knowledge to medical textbooks and published findings and approved protocols and treatments by agencies including, but not limited to, the Food and Drug Administration.
There is a reasonable percentage of the population (I won't say significant as I don't have any scientific data to support such an assertion) who are skeptical of the relationship between pharmaceutical companies, physicians, and government agencies which approve medications and medical treatments.
Zev Eisenberg determined that it was in his best interest to forgo the recommendations of his physicians at Sloan Kettering, which included but were not limited to extensive, expensive schedules of chemotherapies and surgeries, in exchange for a natural-based approach.
In his mind, he was making the "right" choice. Empirical evidence suggests that natural diets and the elimination of particular items from one's diet can balance in the body in a manner which retards the growth of cancerous cells. It seems he was right.
I personally know of two other people who have made such choices, one of whom was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and is now in remission. Both of them are, for all scientific intents and purposes, cancer-free.
I applaud Zev Eisenberg for his decision. Not everyone is capable of and/or willing to make such a choice, but this just shows that by taking time to educate yourself beyond what your licensed physician might suggest, it can save your life.
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win!
