An Annotated Bibliography
by Caryle Hirschberg and Brendan O’Regan
In 1993, the Institute of Noetic Sciences published Spontaneous Remission: An Annotated Bibliography. In this work, the authors, Caryle Hirshberg and the late Brendan O’Regan, defined spontaneous remission as “the disappearance, complete or incomplete, of a disease or cancer without medical treatment or treatment that is considered inadequate to produce the resulting disappearance of disease symptoms or tumour.”
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Because there was no standard reference for the field of spontaneous remission before that time, the first task of the Remission Project at IONS was to catalogue the world’s medical literature on the subject. As a result, it assembled the largest database of medically reported cases of spontaneous remission in the world, with more than 3,500 references from more than 800 journals in 20 different languages.
While the authors believe that the phenomenon of remission is relatively rare, the data from their research suggest that it may not be as rare as previously believed. It appears that the impression of rarity is at least partly an artifact of underreporting, but research shows there has been an increase in the number of cases reported in the last few decades.
Spontaneous Remission: An Annotated Bibliography was compiled by Caryle Hirshberg and Brendan O’Reagan. It is organized according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9-CM 9) system.
It is divided into three sections: “Part One: Remission of Cancer” (chapters 1-10), “Part Two: Remission of Diseases Other Than Cancer” (chapters 11-19), and “Part Three,” which contains four appendices and an addendum. Each section contains annotated bibliographic citations—including summaries and in some cases complete text of case reports—and supplemental references.
All the documents in the bibliography are downloadable in PDF format:
- Table of Contents
- Introduction Pages 1-52
- Chapter 1: pages 53-58
- Remission of Neoplasms of Lip, Oral Cavity, and Pharynx
- Chapter 2: Pages 59-92
- Remission of Neoplasms of Digestive Organs and Peritoneum
- Chapter 3: Pages 93-111
- Remission of Neoplasms of Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs
- Chapter 4: Pages 112-142
- Remission of Neoplasms of Bone, Connective Tissue, and Soft Tissue
- Chapter 5: Pages 143-166
- Remission of Neoplasms of the Female Breast
- Chapter 6: Pages 167-197
- Remission of Neoplasms of the Skin
- Chapter 7: Pages 198-219
- Remission of Neuroblastoma
- Chaper 8: Pages 220-228_
- Remission of Neoplasms of Genitourinary Organs
- Chapter 9: Pages 289-309
- Remission of Neoplasms of the Eye, Brain, Nervous System, and Endocrine Glands
- Chapter 10: Pages 310-348
- Remission of Neoplasms of Lymphatic and Hematopoietic Tissue
- Chapter 11: Pages 349-379
- Remission of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
- Chapter 12: Pages 380-408
- Remission of Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases, and Immunity Disorders
- Chapter 13: Pages 409-440
- Remission of Diseases of the Circulatory System, Blood, and Blood Forming Organs
- Chapter 14: Pages 441-454
- Remission of Nervous System, Sense Organs, and Mental Disorders
- Chapter 15: Pages 455-460
- Remission of Respiratory System Diseases
- Chapter 16: Pages 461-475
- Remission of Digestive System Diseases
- Chapter 17: Pages 476-487
- Remission of Genitourinary System, and Pregnancy and Childbirth Related Disorders
- Chapter 18: Pages 488-495
- Remission of Diseases of the Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue, Musculoskeletal System, and Connective Tissue
- Chapter 19: Pages 496-502
- Remission of Injury Related Disorders
- Appendix One: Pages 503-530
- Review Articles
- Appendix Two: Pages 531-558
- Behavioral Aspects of Remission
- Appendix Three: Pages 559-576
- Clinical and Experimental Studies
- Appendix Four: Pages 577-646
- Infection Related Remission
- Addendum: Pages 647-674
- Index: Pages 675-694
- Author Index: Pages 695-703
- Journal Index: Pages 704-713
Publication Date: June 1993
Publisher: Institute of Noetic Sciences
Length: 713 pages