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Commonweal CancerChoices
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CancerChoices was co-founded by Michael Lerner, author of Choices in Healing. CancerChoices is a guide to integrative cancer care, with balanced views of conventional, self, and complementary cancer care. Available evidence on complementary cancer therapies are curated, along with inspiring stories of healing from those who have walked this path.

CancerChoices provides extensive reviews of complementary therapies that may be used in addition to conventional therapies such as chemotherapy or surgery. The team rate the strength of the evidence supporting the use of a therapy for a medical benefit, such as improving treatment outcomes or managing side effects.

CancerChoices recommends “7 Healing Practices” as core for your cancer self-care. They are widely endorsed at major cancer centers as central to their integrative care programs.

Eating Well
Moving More
Sharing Love and Support
Exploring What Matters Now
Managing Stress
Creating a Healing Environment
Sleeping Well

Each of these are explained in great detail on the CancerChoices website.

Notes:

Michael Lerner and Rachel Naomi Remen, founded of the Commonweal with a vision of healing ourselves and healing the earth, understood that each of us has the capacity for “intentional healing” at physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual levels.

CancerChoices is one of over 25 programmes offered by the Commonweal organisation. Other programmes include:

Cancer Help Program
Center for Healing and Liberation
Collaborative for Health & Environment
Commonweal Retreat Center
Healing Circles Global
Omega Resilience Awards
OMEGA
Power of Hope
Partners for Youth Empowerment
Natura Institute for Ecology and Medicine
The Resilience Project
Visual Thinking Strategies
GoCompassion
The New School
Commonweal Biomonitoring Resource Center
California Nurses for Environmental Health & Justice
Center for Ethical Land Transition
The American Public Trust
Healing Circles Houston
Humane Prison Hospice Project
Healing Circles Langley
Healing Circles Healthcare
Commonweal History Project
Integrative Law Institute
Kids and Caregivers
Octavia Fund
Platform Impact Leaders Fellowship
Somos El Poder
Retreat Center Collaboration
Taproot Gathering
West Marin Climate Action
Regenerative Design Institute
Center for Dying and Living
Courage & Renewal Network of Northern California
project SOUL
Healing Yoga Foundation
Foundation for Embodied Medicine
Juvenile Justice Program
Movement Liberation Fund
SafetyNEST Science
West Marin Review
Kinship Blooms



Last Updated:06/05/2024
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CancerChoices
https://cancerchoices.org/
All therapies provided at this location:
Integrative Oncology
Integrative Medicine is the judicious combining of conventional treatments such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery, with lifestyle and complementary therapies, to broaden patient choice, increase patient engagement, improve quality of life and extend survival.

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Acupuncture
Acupuncture is an ancient system of healing from Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and involves the stimulation of special points on the body, known as acupuncture points, for therapeutic or preventive purposes.

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2-DG (2-Deoxy-D-glucose)
2-Deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) is a promising anti-cancer agent that targets the metabolic vulnerabilities of cancer cells.

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Aromatherapy
Aromatherapy uses the natural oils extracted from flowers, bark, stems, leaves, roots or other parts of a plant to enhance psychological and physical well-being.

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Ayurveda
The foundational strategy of Ayurveda is prevention by empowering maintenance of health through cultivating a deep awareness of balance in one’s life.

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Chinese Herbal Medicine
Chinese Herbal Medicine is a part of Chinese Medicine (or TCM) incorporating other treatments such as Acupuncture, Tuina and Cupping.

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Fasting and Low-Carb Keto Diet
Both fasting and ketogenic diet have major health benefits, incur no additional cost and are considered generally safe for most people.

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Oncology Exercise
Specialist exercise programmes designed to help support cancer patients during and after treatment.

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Hyperthermia
Hyperthermia is the application of concentrated therapeutic heat to treat cancer.

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Medicinal Herbs
Medicinal herbs refers to the use of plants for prevention and treatment of diseases.

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Medical Cannabis
The active ingredients, Cannabinoids, can affect cancer patients by reducing nausea, vomiting and pain and by stimulating appetite.

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Medicinal Mushrooms
Many of the top-selling pharmaceutical products are derived from mushrooms and other fungi.

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Methylene Blue
Methylene blue is a commonly used dye that generates and increases oxygen levels in tumours which make it harder for them to survive.

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Oncology Nutrition
Nutritional therapists seek to ensure you are well nourished by your diet, and that you are fully absorbing and utilising the nutrients it provides.

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Meditation / Creative Visualisation
Meditation is a technique where the attention is focused on a point of reference, such as the breath or an object, in order to help you create a peaceful, quiet state of mind.

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Oxygen & Ozone Therapy
Oxygen therapy introduces substances into the body that are supposed to release oxygen.

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Repurposed Drugs for Cancer
Drug repurposing is best defined as a strategy for identifying new uses for approved drugs, outside the scope of the original indication.

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