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Natural Radiation and Chemotherapy Enhancers

Jan 13, 2021 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

While the clinical evidence on each of these is scant, the most promising compounds based on preclinical or clinical data suggest that the following may increase the effectiveness (and often, decrease the side effects/toxicity) of chemotherapy and ...
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Is It Safe To Take Antioxidants During Cancer Treatment?

Dec 8, 2019 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Antioxidant Effects The question of whether it is safe to take antioxidants during chemotherapy or radiation therapy is not a simple one to answer. Experts have been trying to definitively answer this question for many years, but it remains very ...
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Topics Covered: Featured Posts

Dr. Lawenda Discusses A Better Way To Choose Cancer Drugs

Jun 6, 2017 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

KNDU/NBC TV "Living Well" Show: Dr. Lawenda Discusses How Oncologists Choose Cancer Drugs (June 3, 2017) https://vimeo.com/220555064   Most of us in oncology like to say that we practice “personalized” medicine. What we mean by ...
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Topics Covered: Conventional Treatments, Featured Posts, Tests You Should Take

Dr. Lawenda Discusses Colon and Rectal Cancer

Mar 15, 2017 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

KNDU/NBC TV "Living Well" Show: Colorectal Cancer (March 11, 2017) https://vimeo.com/208164143 ...
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Topics Covered: A Diet that Defies Cancer, Conventional Treatments, Defy Cancer with Exercise, Featured Posts

Toxic Produce, Light Therapy, Ketogenic Diet And More

Apr 20, 2016 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

The 2016 "Dirty Dozen" and "Clean Fifteen" Lists Are Out EWG's "Dirty Dozen" for the first time rates strawberries as the #1 most toxic produce item. They are contaminated by pesticides linked to cancer, reproductive and developmental damage, ...
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Topics Covered: A Diet that Defies Cancer, Avoid and Eliminate Toxins, Conventional Treatments, Defy Cancer with Exercise, Featured Posts

Breast Cancer Risk, Curcumin, Vitamin D, Genetics And More

Apr 9, 2016 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Breast Cancer Risk Can Be Determined From A Biopsy A landmark Harvard study found that the risk of breast cancer can be predicted by looking at the percentage of dividing cells from a routine breast biopsy. If this tissue analysis (called ...
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Topics Covered: Defy Cancer with Stress Reduction, Featured Posts, Manage Side Effects Without Drugs, Supplements and Botanicals, Tests You Should Take

Cancer Requires Personalized Treatment

Aug 17, 2015 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Most of us in oncology like to say that we practice “personalized” medicine. What we mean by this is that we take into account many patient and cancer-specific variables when we formulate our treatment recommendations. These include such things ...
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Topics Covered: Conventional Treatments, Tests You Should Take

Exercise May Make Chemotherapy Work Better

Mar 16, 2015 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

If you want to supercharge the effect of your chemotherapy, get out there and exercise. A new study done in mice, finds that when combined with chemotherapy, exercise slowed tumor growth and increased tumor cell death by 150% more than ...
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Topics Covered: Defy Cancer with Exercise

Dr Brian Lawenda’s Breast Cancer Talk (Video)

Jul 21, 2014 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Watch Dr. Brian Lawenda’s talk on a breast cancer. He discusses a variety of related topics, such as: Reducing your risk of developing breast cancer Introduction to the role of integrative oncology in breast cancer care Breast cancer ...
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Topics Covered: A Diet that Defies Cancer, Avoid and Eliminate Toxins, Conventional Treatments, Defy Cancer with Exercise, Defy Cancer with Stress Reduction

What Is IP6 (Inositol Hexaphosphate)?

Jan 29, 2014 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Inositol hexaphosphate ("IP6", "myo-inositol hexaphosphate" or "phytic acid") is a natural carbohydrate molecule present in most plant and animal cells. You get this stuff in your diet mainly from eating cereals, grains, legumes and meat. Your body ...
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Topics Covered: Manage Side Effects Without Drugs, Supplements and Botanicals

Hey Doc, Can I Take Antioxidants During Chemo and Radiation?

Mar 14, 2013 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

This is one of the most common questions asked by our patients in the oncology clinic, and for most oncologists their knee jerk answer is "NO, It's NOT safe to take antioxidants during chemotherapy and radiation therapy."  What's The Claim? When I ...
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Topics Covered: A Diet that Defies Cancer, Manage Side Effects Without Drugs, Supplements and Botanicals

Keep Your Hair With Scalp Cooling (“Cold Cap Therapy”) During Chemotherapy

Feb 13, 2013 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

If you want to try to keep your hair during chemotherapy read this article. I wish more oncologists would tell their patients about this incredibly simple hair saving technique, but unfortunately many are either unaware of how effective it is or are ...
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Topics Covered: Conventional Treatments, Manage Side Effects Without Drugs

Nature’s remedy for Mucositis: Good ol’ pure natural honey

Sep 2, 2011 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Mucositis is one of the most painful side effects of cancer treatment. It affects approximately 40% of patients who receive standard-doses of chemotherapy and 60-90% of patients receiving chemotherapy and radiation for head and neck cancers.  It can ...
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Topics Covered: Manage Side Effects Without Drugs, Supplements and Botanicals

Fight weight loss (and potentially improve survival) during cancer therapy using a fish oil supplement

Apr 16, 2011 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

The conclusions of two studies published in 2011, in the journal Cancer, suggest that the use of a fish oil supplement taken during treatment for cancer can help patients maintain their weight (**and improves the efficacy of chemotherapy**) The ...
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Topics Covered: Manage Side Effects Without Drugs, Supplements and Botanicals

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