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Integrative Cancer Care: Introduction

What is integrative cancer care? The Society for Integrative Oncology offers this definition:

“Integrative oncology is a patient-centered, evidence-informed field of cancer care that utilizes mind and body practices, natural products, and/or lifestyle modifications from different traditions alongside conventional cancer treatments. Integrative oncology aims to optimize health, quality of life, and clinical outcomes across the cancer care continuum and to empower people to prevent cancer and become active participants before, during, and beyond cancer treatment.”¹

BCCT provides a tour of this field:

• Healing and Curing
• Body Terrain and the Tumor Microenvironment
• Advocates and Navigators
• Integrative Cancer Care
  • Integrative Cancer Care: Introduction
  • The Spectrum of Integrative Cancer Care
  • 7 Healing Practices
  • Beyond the 7 Healing Practices
  • Off-label, Overlooked or Novel Cancer Approaches: ONCAs
  • Building Resilience: Cancer Prehab and Rehab
  • Healthy Living
  • Placebos
• Types of Cancer Care
  • Types of Cancer Care: Introduction
  • Standard Conventional Care
  • Palliative Care
  • Clinical Trials and Other Experimental Therapies
  • Chinese and Other Traditional Medicines
  • Integrative Medical Systems in Practice in the United States
  • Intuition in Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
• Diagnostic Approaches
• Detoxification Strategies
• Integrative Programs and Protocols
• Clinical Practice Guidelines and Standards of Care
• What Can You Trust?
• For Healthcare Professionals

As our advisor Dr. Wayne Jonas has told us, "We know so little about the mystery of life and the body that we need to consider all systems and explanations for their wisdom." BCCT manifests this thought.

1. Witt CM, Balneaves LG et al. A comprehensive definition for integrative oncology. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Monographs. 2017 Nov 1;2017(52).

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More Information

• Daily Show with Chris Sawyer: Jen Green
• Ralph Moss: Moss Report Podcast
• University of Arizona: Body of Wonder
• University of Arizona Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine: Introduction to Integrative Oncology (2019-2021)
• Kathryn H. Schmitz PhD, MPH Anna M. Campbell PhD and others: Exercise is medicine in oncology: engaging clinicians to help patients move through cancer
• Dr. Deirdre Orceyre: Naturopathic and Integrative Cancer Care
• Dr. Ralph Moss: Dealing with the Trauma of Cancer: Dr. Moss interviews Dr. James S. Gordon
• Dr. Michael Ruscio: Dwight McKee Podcast
• Ralph W. Moss: Herbs Against Cancer: History and Controversy
• Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine: CanHEAL
• US Food and Drug Administration: Project Facilitate: Assisting Healthcare Providers with Expanded Access Requests for Investigational Oncology Products
• American Institute for Cancer Research: American Institute for Cancer Research Blog
• Integrative Cancer Review
• Oncology Association of Naturopathic Physicians: Webinar: Beyond Conventional Cancer Therapies: An online resource for integrative cancer care
• Barbara MacDonald, ND, LAc: The Breast Cancer Companion: A Complementary Care Manual: Third Edition
• Ralph Moss, PhD: The Ultimate Guide to Cancer: DIY Research
• American Association of Naturopathic Physicians: Natural Medicine Journal
• Keith Block and others: A Broad-Spectrum Integrative Design for Cancer Prevention and Therapy
• The New School at Commonweal: Keith Block, MD: Life over Cancer—Achieving A Survivor’s Edge
• September 2018 Issue of the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
• The New School at Commonweal: Dwight McKee, MD: 40 Years Practicing Integrative Cancer Medicine, Part 2
• University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center : Integrative Medicine Program
• The New School at Commonweal and Healing Circles: Mark Renneker, MD: Medical Advocacy for Cancer Patients, Part 2
• The New School at Commonweal and Healing Circles: Mark Renneker, MD: Medical Advocacy for Cancer Patients, Part 1
• Commonweal: The New School at Commonweal
• University of Arizona: Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine Online Courses
• American Society of Clinical Oncology: Cancer.Net
• Donald I. Abrams, MD, and Andrew T. Weil, MD: Integrative Oncology, 2nd Edition
• Lise Alschuler, ND, FABNO, and Karolyn Gazella: The Definitive Guide to Cancer, 3rd Edition
• Norman Cousins: Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient
• Jun J. Mao: Advancing the Global Impact of Integrative Oncology
• Michael Lerner: Choices In Healing: Integrating the Best of Conventional and Complementary Approaches to Cancer
• Anticancer Fund: Anticancer Fund
• Hindawi Publishing Corporation : Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• Commonweal: Healing Circles
• Donald Abrams, MD: Integrative Cancer Care
• SAGE Journals: Integrative Cancer Therapies Journal
• National Comprehensive Cancer Network
• Ralph Moss, PhD: The Moss Reports
• Ting Bao, MD: The Role of Integrative Therapy in Cancer Care