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L. LeShan and M. L. Gassman (1958) may be credited with pioneering the psychotherapeutic treatment of cancer. Currently this avenue of therapy is being spearheaded by LeShan and also by O. C. Simonton et al (1978). Two cases are described wherein the cancers extinguished and the patients apparently remained cancer-free to the present, 7 yrs following therapy. The specific methods of experiential psychotherapy, particularized to these 2 cases, are described under the clinical hypothesis that some psychotherapeutic procedures may be coupled with the reduction of neoplastic growth and the elimination of cancer cells. (18 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
