Integrative Cancer Care

Navigating a cancer diagnosis can feel overwhelming, but you don't have to walk this path alone. Your strength, resilience, and quality of life are vital to your healing journey, and you deserve a dedicated care plan that fully supports your body every step of the way.

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Adjunctive careWith oncology
VirtualOntario-wide
Alongside your oncology team

Supportive care that works with conventional treatment

Integrative oncology combines the best of conventional medicine with evidence-informed supportive care. The goal is not to replace your standard treatments, but rather to safely work alongside them. By looking at the deeper physiological picture, we focus on helping your body manage the physical demands of treatment, minimizing side effects, and optimizing your overall well-being and recovery.

Whether you're preparing for upcoming treatments, currently in the middle of a regimen, or transitioning into the vital space of post-treatment survivorship, a supportive approach protects your foundations. We look beyond the diagnosis to evaluate how your whole system is functioning, helping you find the clarity and strength you need to thrive.

  • Works alongside conventional oncology, never instead of it
  • Rigorous herb-drug-nutrient interaction reviews built in
  • Support before, during, and after active treatment
Areas of Focus

Where we focus your supportive care

Support during active treatment

Intensive conventional therapies require immense physical resilience. Our focus during active treatment is to preserve your quality of life, maintain your strength, and reduce treatment-related side effects with protocols that fit your scheduling and medical requirements: chemotherapy support for fatigue, nausea, neuropathy, digestive changes, and appetite loss; radiation support to protect healthy tissues and skin integrity; and surgery preparation and recovery for wound healing and tissue repair.

Post-treatment & survivorship

Once active treatment is complete, the focus transitions from defense to rebuilding. True recovery means addressing the lasting physical and cellular impacts of therapy. We use specialized testing to clear lingering symptoms, restore your vital systems, and optimize your internal environment to support long-term wellness and reduce the risk of recurrence.

Targeted adjunctive therapies

We build your plan with research-backed naturopathic therapies tailored to your body and current conventional plan: mistletoe therapy to support immune resilience and quality of life, high-dose intravenous vitamin C to safely support the body and reduce treatment-related fatigue, professional-grade nutraceuticals to address nutrient gaps, and evidence-based botanical medicine to help manage complex side effects.

Uncovering Root Drivers

The 5 core physiological pillars we evaluate

After active treatment, we shift toward long-term resilience and run specialized testing to look closely at how your foundational biology is recovering across five core physiological pillars, identifying the exact drivers impacting your well-being.

  1. 01

    Blood Sugar & Insulin Regulation

    We analyze your metabolic markers and check for insulin resistance, making sure your body is efficiently converting fuel into steady daily energy rather than stalling on hormone signaling.

  2. 02

    Inflammation & Immune Balance

    We look at key markers of chronic inflammation to identify what is agitating your immune system, then work toward a calmer, more balanced and resilient response.

  3. 03

    Gut & Liver Function

    Since much of your hormone conversion and detoxification happens in the gut and liver, we investigate hidden imbalances like dysbiosis, a compromised intestinal barrier (leaky gut), or SIBO.

  4. 04

    Nervous System & Stress Resilience

    We evaluate your stress pathways to see whether a constant fight-or-flight response is suppressing your physiology and driving fatigue, then help move your body back out of it.

  5. 05

    Oxidative Stress & Nutrient Stores

    We check for cellular wear and tear and hidden deficiencies, particularly iron, ferritin, and essential vitamins, so your cells have the clean fuel they need to recover.

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Your Integrative Cancer Care Program at JOSIE

How we work together, step by step

  1. Step 1

    Active treatment support

    We complete an exact review of your oncology timeline, pathology reports, staging, and upcoming schedule. If you are in active treatment, our focus is reducing side effects, improving tolerance, and supporting treatment efficacy with precise, safe therapies that complement your conventional care without interference.

  2. Step 2

    Uncovering post-treatment root drivers

    Once your active conventional treatments are complete, we shift toward long-term resilience and underlying root drivers. We run specialized testing to look closely at how your foundational biology is recovering, systematically evaluating the five core physiological pillars to find what needs targeted care.

  3. Step 3

    Supporting your foundations

    Once we have uncovered which drivers and lingering effects of treatment require attention, we build your customized supportive plan: a deliberate, evidence-based strategy of targeted lifestyle adaptations, precise nutrition, and research-backed natural protocols designed to safely support your foundations.

Cancers We Commonly Support

Diagnoses we provide adjunctive support for

Our supportive care protocols are tailored to the unique physiological demands of your specific diagnosis. We regularly provide adjunctive support for:

  • Breast & Gynecological Cancers: Including breast cancer, ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, and uterine/endometrial cancers.
  • Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancers: Including colorectal, stomach, esophageal, pancreatic, liver, and gallbladder cancers.
  • Hematological (Blood & Lymph) Cancers: Including leukemia, lymphoma (Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin), and multiple myeloma.
  • Genitourinary Cancers: Including prostate, bladder, and kidney cancers.
  • Thoracic & Head/Neck Cancers: Including lung cancer, thyroid cancer, and oral cancers.
  • Skin Cancers: Including melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers.
TARGETED ADJUNCTIVE THERAPIES

Targeted naturopathic medicine therapies

To provide advanced supportive care, we utilize research-backed protocols tailored specifically to your body's needs and current conventional plan. We build your plan using targeted naturopathic medicine therapies, including:

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  • Mistletoe therapy to support immune system resilience, enhance well-being, and improve overall quality of life during and after conventional treatments.
  • High dose intravenous vitamin C protocols designed to safely support the body, reduce treatment-related fatigue, and optimize cellular health.
  • Precise supplementation and professional-grade nutraceuticals to address nutrient gaps and protect healthy tissues.
  • Evidence-based botanical medicine to manage complex side effects and support systemic recovery.

Ready to work with an ND focused specifically on integrative cancer care?

Finding real clarity starts with working alongside an ND trained to look at the deeper physiological picture. Let's eliminate the guesswork, safely coordinate with your oncology team, and build an evidence-based supportive plan tailored specifically to optimize your system.

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