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 Cancer Support

Natural Medicine & Cancer Care

A diagnosis of cancer is one of the most frightening experiences in life.  What is more, the myriad of options, both conventional and alternative, presents a complex maze to navigate.  Dr. Bankole, a member the Oncology Association of Naturopathic Physicians starts by assisting you in this process and will provide a therapeutic plan designed to optimize your outlook, wellbeing, strength, energy and immunity.  Therapies are chosen specific for cancer cell type and with particular consideration for any conventional therapies used to improve efficacy and to avoid interactions.   As a general rule, patients receiving conventional therapy experience fewer side effects, better tolerance, and have better odds when properly chosen natural medicines are included. 

Advantages of Naturopathic Cancer Support

·         Promote cancer cell death by various mechanisms

·         Protect and address chemotherapy induced nutritional deficiencies

·         Enhance immune support

·         Retard cell signals that promote cancer growth

·         Aid in the therapeutic effect of chemotherapy and radiation

·         Provide tissue & organ protection against chemotherapy and radiation induced damage

·         Address organ & tissue damage induced by conventional therapies

·         Aid in recovery from surgical procedures

·         Provide strategies to reduce risk of recurrence 

Choosing Natural Therapies Appropriately

Botanicals, vitamins and minerals and other alternative approaches can have a variety of known and unknown therapeutic effects on cancer cells.  The effects differ depending on the type of cancer, the specific natural product, and the chemotherapeutic agent used.  Some natural therapies have been found through clinical experience and research to retard cancer cell growth and increase cancer cell death.  Similarly, several therapies are known to improve some chemotherapeutic agents’ ability to kill cancer cells.  At the same time there is ample clinical evidence that some natural therapies interfere with the effectiveness of radiation and some chemotherapeutics.   For these reasons it is vital to use someone knowledgeable in the mechanism of action of both conventional therapies and natural medicine and to avoid using treatments based on hearsay.  

Some Anti-Cancer Therapies Offered

·         Custom, anti-cancer dietary program

·         Optimize digestion & absorption

·         Individualized anti-cancer botanical, vitamin and mineral plan

·         List of avoids for your type of cancer

·         High dose Intravenous Vitamin C

·         Iscador (Mistletoe) Therapy