An alternative cancer treatment center based in Tijuana, Mexico, Oasis of Hope takes a holistic approach to helping its patients battle the condition. The foundation from which Oasis of Hope bases its treatment methods spans six decades of research discussed in a book written by two of the center’s health care providers. Written by Dr. Francisco Contreras and Daniel E. Kennedy, The Art & Science of Undermining Cancer: Strategies to Slow, Control, and Reverse explains cancer treatment from a holistic, alternative, and integrative therapies approach. Traditionally, chemotherapy and radiation have been methods for treating a range of cancers. When these traditional methods do not work, alternatives that address the physical, spiritual, and mental aspects that comprise the person’s being may be the only hope for survival. The book itself discusses the center’s treatment approach of trying to take advantage of cellular respiration (metabolism) of the tumor to attack it. In the course of this therapy, the book discusses the strategy of undermining the tumors while also bolstering the immune system and providing emotional and spiritual support.