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Dr Kirsten West
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Kirsten West, ND, LAc, FABNO is part of the integrative oncology team at the Riordan Clinic in Kansas USA. Dr West is a Naturopathic Doctor with a Fellowship on the Oncology Association of Naturopathic Physicians and specialises in integrative oncology. She also holds a Metabolic Approach to Cancer (MATC) certificate from the Metabolic Terrain Institute of Health.
Dr West sees Riordan Clinic patients virtually from her home in Colorado. She will collaborate with the clinic’s other integrative oncology providers in Overland Park and Wichita for in-person patient care.
Dr. West has written or presented on various naturopathic and integrative medical topics. Those include
- Does Curcumin Reduce Radiation Dermatitis (Natural Medicine Journal, November 2013)
- Should Curcumin Be Used with Chemotherapy (Natural Medicine Journal, August 2014)
- Does Glutamine Reduce Radiation Dermatitis (Natural Medical Journal, July 2016)
- Topical Milk Thistle for Capecitabine-Induced Hand-Food Syndrome (Natural Medical Journal, June 2018)
- Boswellia and Brain Tumors (Natural Medicine Journal, March 2020)
- Introduction to Naturopathic Medicine and its Role in Integrative Oncology on the University of Colorado medical campus as part of the Strauss-Wisneski lecture series
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Naturopathic Oncologist
Integrative Oncology
Last Updated:03/11/2023
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