Foundation for Advancement in Cancer Therapy

The Foundation for Advancement in Cancer Therapy (F.A.C.T.) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization founded by Ruth Sackman in 1971 that supports non-toxic, biologically sound approaches to cancer prevention and treatment.

Having researched cancer treatment alternatives worldwide for over 38 years, F.A.C.T.'s primary goal is to educate practitioners and patients about a different concept of cancer and other chronic degenerative disease in the hope that the public will gain an understanding of all viable medical options for treatment beyond the traditional, toxic approaches such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy. F.A.C.T. provides resources so cancer victims can make fully informed, medical decisions. The F.A.C.T. website, [1], allows visitors to view relevant stories and news updates, and connect with an informed community of cancer fighters.

Founder

F.A.C.T. was founded by Ruth Sackman, who served as President and Co-Founder for 37 years until her death in December 2008. As a young woman, Ruth worked as a seamstress and ultimately achieved success as a designer. With this success, she dedicated herself to raising her children and became active in her community.

Ruth’s life abruptly changed when her daughter Arlene was diagnosed with acute leukemia. Despite Ruth’s full time dedication, Arlene died a year later, after undergoing traditional chemotherapy. The loss set Ruth on her lifelong quest to find another, better way to treat cancer.

In 1971, Ruth and her husband Leon co-founded F.A.C.T. from their home in New York. Being head of F.A.C.T. gave Ruth the opportunity to hear from literally thousands of cancer patients worldwide over the years, as they experienced the multitude of treatments available in both the conventional as well as non-conventional cancer areas. This gave her a vast understanding of all kinds of cancer therapies.

Ruth also personally investigated and consulted with hundreds of practitioners and medical clinics around the globe. She hosted a call-in health program on nationally-syndicated radio, as well as being a frequent guest on radio and TV shows nationwide, and was editor-in-chief of Cancer Forum, F.A.C.T.’s quarterly magazine.

Ruth authored two books that present F.A.C.T.’s guiding principles and the case studies of patients who followed F.A.C.T.’s protocol and have rid themselves of disease. These case studies and Ruth’s book Rethinking Cancer are the core inspiration for the documentary, Rethinking Cancer.

Rethinking Cancer: The Book

In Rethinking Cancer, authored by F.A.C.T. founder Ruth Sackman, the focus is shifted from the treatment of the symptoms to correcting the cause of the health breakdown in the body as a whole. The goal is not tumor reduction, as in conventional protocols such as chemotherapy and radiation. Rather, the yardstick of success is the long-term recovery of the patient; i.e., returning the body to as normal a state of health as possible. Rethinking Cancer covers all the aspects of a comprehensive program that can provide the body with the factors required for restoration and maintenance of optimum health. However, this book is not intended as a self-treatment handbook. Guidance by experienced practitioners is vital, though understanding the logic of a non-toxic treatment approach is the first step. Rethinking Cancer is published by Square One Publishers.

Rethinking Cancer: The Documentary

Rethinking Cancer is an educational documentary film that provides a rare look into the psychological and therapeutic journeys of five men and women who used biological therapies to overcome serious illness.

Four of the featured subjects had been diagnosed with cancer; two of these patients were considered terminal cases. The fifth patient had a severe case of Lyme disease. All five have outlived their diseases, between 15 and nearly 40 years, thus far.

References

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