Two Rules of Thumb for Cancer Care with Donald Abrams, MD

CancerChoices advisor Donald Abrams, MD, and CancerChoices co-founder Michael Lerner discuss two rules of thumb for cancer care: avoiding hasty decisions and verifying the pathology report.

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What Would I Ask My Functional Medicine Doctor If I Had Cancer?

Should I ever have cancer, I would ask my functional medicine doctor to help me figure out if I had imbalances that could drive cancer processes.

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Meet the Practitioner: Dr. Diljeet Singh

Integrative gynecologic oncologist Dr. Diljeet Singh and Christine Mineart, program director of CancerChoices, discuss health insurance challenges, cancer and exercise research, navigating integrative cancer care, and tips for finding moments of mindfulness.

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What to Do When Your Oncologist Doesn’t Support Complementary Therapies

What might you do when your oncologist doesn’t support your desire to incorporate complementary therapies and self-care practices into your care plan?

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Choices in Self Care

The secret to self care is simply caring about yourself. Let it be real. Do what makes you feel better.

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Choices in Complementary Care

Choices in complementary cancer care goes beyond conventional care. Complementary care offers therapies and practices that “complement” conventional therapies.

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How to Integrate Your Choices

People who wisely choose their conventional and complementary therapies and who practice self care are likely to live better and longer than those who don’t. 

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Sitting with Uncertainty

Cancer survivors discuss waiting for cancer test results, how to cope with unfavorable results, living with uncertainty, and mindset.

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Bonnie Gintis: Self Advocacy in Assessing Options

No one ever expected I would do this well and be alive and thriving this many years postdiagnosis.

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