Here are the stories of 28 people who have survived cancer, many by 10 years or more.

These survivors are special to us, because they all attended Gawler Foundation programs and adopted the self-help methods that we teach. These people have overcome their illness and all of them give a great deal of credit to the hope, encouragement and skills they found here.

Each person has written their own story, each is unique. They are not unusually brave or disciplined, but ordinary people like you and me, who have faced a diagnosis of cancer and found the will to live. They have been willing to address issues of diet, stress and mental outlook. They have found it in themselves to change, sometimes radically, their lifestyles and attitudes. Their recoveries illustrate that healing involves a number of variables that relate to body, mind and spirit and that, given the chance, the body has enormous potential to heal itself. Their stories are inspiring.

We hope that 'Surviving Cancer' will help many people, by showing them just how far down the road to recovery their own efforts can bring them, by demonstrating what is possible.

'Surviving Cancer' has been wonderfully edited by Paul Kraus, himself a cancer survivor. His story is also in the book.