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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 1999 91(7):587-588; doi:10.1093/jnci/91.7.587
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 91, No. 7, 587-588, April 7, 1999
© 1999 Oxford University Press

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Diagnosis, Tibetan Style, Underlies Small Herbal Study of Advanced Breast Cancer

Judith Randal

Faced with metastatic breast cancer, hundreds of women from around the world have flocked for treatment to Yeshi Dhonden, a traditional Tibetan practitioner who was the Dalai Lama's personal physician for 20 years, and who is based in Dharamsala, India, but regularly visits the United States. About 5 years ago, Helene Smith, Ph.D., a cytogeneticist, then head of the Geraldine Brush Cancer Research Institute at the California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, became one of them.



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  		Dr. Helene Smith

 
Diagnosis Tibetan style is low-tech, relying entirely on such methods as extensive pulse readings, a careful examination of the tongue and an assessment of the odor, appearance and behavior (when stirred) of an early morning urine specimen. In skilled . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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