Recent Integrative Oncology Articles


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Reaction to ‘When Alternative Cancer Care Kills’

The response to my recent post, When Alternative Cancer Care Kills was fast and passionate. People either loved it or hated it, depending on where they stand on cancer care.


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When Alternative Cancer Care Kills

Whether patients refuse standard conventional cancer treatment or opt for other modes and methods of ‘cure’ and healing, the fact remains that their exposure to content that is poorly sourced and ill-informed (at best), or maliciously crafted and disseminated (at worst), impedes intelligent decision-making. ecisions made based on such content can, and do, lead to harmful and even fatal consequences. Because alternative cancer care can kill.


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Great Expectations: The Relationship Between You And Your Oncologist

Find the most skilled, compassionate, and open-minded oncologist you can. If this person is not an integrative oncologist, that’s okay, too.


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[Free Guide] 10 Essential Steps to Take Control of Your Cancer Journey

n of 1 author Glenn Sabin offers 10 important steps to take immediate control of your cancer journey, and to position you at the center of your own care.


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Behind the Decisions: The Anatomy of n of 1

My story, n of 1, needed to be delivered responsibly, accurately, and authentically. To the extent possible, it needed to be beyond reproach. Let me explain.


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The Age of the Empowered Cancer Patient

Welcome to the age of the empowered cancer patient. Many tools, as well as access to high quality information and top physician scientists, are available for cancer patients willing and able to invest themselves in their own health journey.


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Personalized Cancer Care, Tumors and You

Even as cancer treatment becomes more targeted, with less toxicity, fewer side effects, there remains a profound need to focus more on the host: the patient.


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Glenn Sabin Podcast Interview: Integrative Oncology and Being an n of 1

Recorded shortly after speaking at UCSD’s Integrative Oncology conference, this podcast interview captures my thoughts on integrative oncology, and journey with a terminal cancer diagnosis, better than any other to date.


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Integrative Oncology Circa 1991

In 1991, when I first learned I had an incurable form of leukemia, integrative oncology wasn’t even a term. Integrative cancer care programs were nonexistent at major cancer centers. Put simply, there was nowhere for a newly diagnosed cancer patient like me to turn to learn about patient-centered, integrative approaches to disease management; at least […]


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Can Integrative Oncology Extend Survivorship?

Integrative oncology therapies can often help ease side effects from chemo and radiation. But can integrative cancer care approaches also extend survivorship?