A Clinician's Guide to Integrative Oncology

disrupted in people with cancer, sometimes as a result of western medical treatment. Cancer-related fatigue is a common side effect of many mainstream cancer therapies including chemotherapy and radiation therapy and contributes significantly to poor quality of life and prognosis for those with cancer. The importance of clinicians in questioning patients about their sleep as well as fatigue will be emphasized, and the role of various therapies, dietary supplements in assisting sleep problems and their evidence is will be discussed.
Ch 5. Sunlight: We Are An Outdoor PlantWe predominantly live in cities and spend much of our time indoors. Yet we are similar to an outdoor plant and need Vitamin D for general wellbeing. Vit D levels are often depressed in patients with cancer. The role of sunlight and Vitamin D, including the use of supplements will be covered in this chapter. Ch 6. Supplements and Herbal Medicines for CancerThis chapter will discuss key vitamins and mineral supplements plus herbs that have been found to have anti-cancer properties and can improve the general wellbeing and immunity of the patient (including common western herbs and Chinese herbal medicine). It will discuss the way in which particular herbs are understood to work (in terms of impact on particular pathways involved in cancer) and considerations of healthcare practitioners (what herbs shouldn't be taken with which medication; which herbs have a positive effect and can lower the needed dosage of chemotherapy or radiation therapy). It will also discuss the potential for drug-herb/vitamin interactions and how doctors can become more informed about this.
Ch 7. Innovative Investigative Technologies and TreatmentsThis chapter will introduce some of the more innovative investigative diagnostic technologies being utilized to optimize cancer patient care including: Circulating Tumour Cell Detection, Chemosensitivity testing and nutrient-sensitivity testing. Innovative therapies including IV-Vit C (and other IV vitamins), Hyperthermia, Photo-sono-dynamic therapy, and toxicity testing will be incorporated. Chemotherapy and radiation therapy are toxic to the body. This chapter will also talk about the side effects of conventional cancer therapies and how to deal with them. 
Ch 8. Pulling It All Together in Integrative Cancer CareNo one clinician can do everything for a patient with cancer. The integrative care approach which involves a team of professionals working with the patient is essential. The integrative clinician can play a pivotal role in this.This chapter sets out some ideas on what helpful information clinicians can give to their patients to take home with them after their ultimate consultation. It includes how to create an individualised Wellness Plan for your patient that can assist them in taking charge of their own health management. This can be used by the patient and clinician to structure an integrative approach and even track the patient's 'progress'. 
This chapter will also discuss some of the issues relevant to working with conventional oncologists, and reiterates considerations to be taken into account when patients are undergoing surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy from earlier chapters. It will also discuss how to work in with other health professionals who have an important role to play in assisting the patient with cancer (it's not all about the doctor folks). Finally, it returns to the role of the patient in their own healing journey, and how clinicians can inspire hope in patients- not always for a cure, but perhaps for an enhanced quality of life, and to become a positive agent of change for those patients that have come to them genuinely for help.

for other health related publications. Recently he co-authored the highly awaited definitive text of integrative medicine 'A Guide to Evidence-Based Integrative and Complementary Medicine' published in 2011: Elsevier Australia.
Dr. Sali is an invited speaker at numerous seminars and workshops both nationally and internationally, each year. He also volunteers his time to give educational talks on public health in metropolitan and rural communities. He is a regular contributor of health articles to publications such as The Melbourne Review. His clinical expertise is in the area of treating complex and chronic diseases, particularly cancer.
Kylie O'Brien, PhD, is the Director of the Inegrative Chinese Medicine Center at the National Institute of Integrative Medicine in Australia. She has a wide range of expertise in Chinese medicine, as a practitioner, consultant and researcher. Prof. O'Brien has distinguished herself in Chinese medicine education, creating the curricula for three of Australia's Masters degree courses in Chinese medicine (RMIT University and University of Western Sydney), and completed a government-funded feasibility study that led to the establishment of Australia's first complementary and alternative medicine research centre in the early 2000's.
Prof. O'Brien's expertise in teaching and learning more broadly is acknowledged in her invitation over the past six years to be on the ALTC and now Office of Learning and Teaching (OLT) judging panels for teaching and learning citations/awards and in 2015, for teaching and learning grants, and the invitation to be on the Australian government's Tertiary Education Quality Standards Agency (TEQSA) Expert Panel. Kylie is also an international reviewer for the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) Scotland.