Cancer is still a very mysterious and emotionally challenging illness. The Good Doctors and their esteemed guest, Professor Avni Sali, discuss the significance of lifestyle interventions in assisting to treat cancer.  What impact can lifestyle interventions have for cancer patients when introduced as a practice by medical practitioners in combination with conventional medical practices? This episode is a brilliant heads up for the integration of a holistic lifestyle approach for cancer prevention and cancer treatment support. Enjoy!

SHOW NOTES

1.57  Dr Michelle Woolhouse introduces our guest Professor Avni Sali, MBBS, PhD, FRACS, FACS, FACNEM

2.51  One of the special interest of the National Institute of Integrative Medicine is innovative cancer therapies.

3.49  Often cancer patients turn to integrative or complimentary therapies late in the course of the disease; the doctors discuss why they disagree with the ethics of this cultural mode of cancer care.

5.01  Avni explains what he thinks causes cancer.

6.42  Lifestyle Medicine interventions as an imperative for doctors to engage in for the treatment of cancer.

7.23  " Conventional medicine is about diagnosis and treatment ...  and treatment is like mopping up the water and not really paying much attention to turning the tap off at all." - Professor Avni Sali

10.53  Gough Whitlam's influence on General Practice training in Australian Universities.

11.22  Sunlight and cancer treatment; vitamin D absorption.

13.09  Improving processes of early diagnosis of cancer.

13.42  Mammography screening and the halting of mammograms in Switzerland.

14.14  Diagnostic protocol, circulating cancer cell.

16.21  Hypothermia used as routine in cancer treatment all around the world. It doubles the response rate for chemotherapy and radiation therapies, over all, for most cancers and it has virtually no side effects.

19.32  The Good Doctors, Ron and Michelle, chew the fat over their inspirational talk with Prof. Sali.

20.15  Problems in the dissemination of evidence based medicine.

21.21  Dean Ornish, an American Doctor, who did a groundbreaking study on cardiovascular disease and lifestyle interventions in the 80's did another study, more recently, in prostrate cancer.

22.18  Ian Gawler Foundation on lifestyle intervention.

22.45  Dr Kelly Turner's  Book 'Radical Remission' is a great way to reframe how you think about cancer treatment.

25.32  More chat about vitamin D ideal levels.

26.11  What nutrients are there for; a buffer, protection and aid in resilience; nutrients and stress

26.59  Dr Michelle cautions listeners about circulating cancer cells tests and testing in general in accordance with how she prefers to practice.

FURTHER READING

NIIM Clinical Trail in Hypothermia Treatment for Cancer: http://www.niim.com.au/clinic/services/regional-hyperthermia-clinical-trial

Ian Gawler Book Store: http://www.iangawlerwebstore.com/books

The Gawler Foundation: http://gawler.org/

INTENSIVE LIFESTYLE CHANGES MAY AFFECT THE PROGRESSION OF PROSTATE CANCER by Dr Dean Ornish: http://www.ornishspectrum.com/wp content/uploads/Intensive_Lifestyle_Changes_and_Prostate_Cancer.pdfb

Circulating Cancer Cells: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3126032/

An Explanation of Lifestyle Medicine: https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2009/190/3/emergence-lifestyle-medicine-structured-approach-management-chronic-disease

"A Guide to Evidence-Based Integrative and Complementary Medicine" by Kotsirilos, Vicki, Luis Vitetta, and Avni Sali  https://books.google.com.au/books/about/A_Guide_to_Evidence_based_Integrative_an.html?id=ISZY-PQv_ggC

FB Page of The Australian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Australasian-College-of-Nutritional-and-Environmental-Medicine-ACNEM/540501566089414?