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Naturally There's Hope: A Handbook of Naturopathic Care of Cancer Patients

by Dr. Neil McKinney, B.Sc., R.Ac., N.D.

230 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #03-0833; ISBN 1-4120-0464-0; US$29.95, C$39.95, EUR26.00, £18.02

A practical manual of natural medicine for cancer - complementary medicine, alternative medicine and prevention.

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About the Book A concise and encyclopaedic handbook of scientific research, clinical Naturopathic practice and experience in the care of people with cancer. Inspired by the courageous spirit of Terry Fox and personal healings. Informed by eighteen years of practice and teaching Naturopathic and Traditional Chinese Medicine. You can reduce your risk of cancer with the help of your Naturopathic Physician. Learn how you can: understand the Nature of cancer reduce harm from surgery, radiation & chemotherapy improve the effectiveness of medical treatments treat cancer with nutrition, plant medicines, Traditional Chinese Medicine & homeopathic medicine heal cancer with alternative & mind-body approaches improve the quality of life in all cancers improve the hope of survival with immune strengthening leading edge Naturopathic oncology.

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About the Author Dr. Neil McKinney, B.Sc., R.Ac., N.D. Naturopathic Physician & Registered Acupuncturist My Bachelor of Science degree is in Biosciences from Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. I graduated in 1975 in animal physiology, cell biology and biophysics. I worked in biophysical research at Simon Fraser University for two semesters in 1975, under the direction of the Dean of Sciences, on plant root membrane biophysics. In the academic year of 1976 I taught microbiology laboratory courses at the University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C. to first to fourth year science studentsand to nursing students from Camosun College. In addition I was a research assistant on bacterial enzymes. I worked as a research tech in the Medical Biophysics Unit of the B.C. Cancer Research Foundation in Vancouver, B.C. for over five years. I was the human and animal tissue culture specialist and created embedded cell models. The main work was on radiation therapies, including the subatomic particles 'pi mesons' at TRIUMF nuclear facility at the University of British Columbia. We also had signifigant funding for work on the radio-sensitizing drug Misonidazole. In 1981 I attended the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario in Kinesiology and Health Studies. I had completed the conventional pre-med program at SFU but desired more training in behavioral therapies, exercise physiology, epidemiology, anatomy, etc. I graduated in 1985 from National College of Naturopathic Medicine (NCNM), Portland, Oregon as a Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine. This four year program qualifies for licensure as a naturopathic physician throughout North America. I ran the Microbiology lab at NCNM for one year. I was also a teaching assistant in Clinical & Physical Diagnosis and in Neuroanatomy laboratory for two years. I studied three years at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, Portland, Oregon to qualify in needle acupuncture and Chinese herbology. I was exposed to a wide variety of techniques, but the primary focus was in Eight Principles diagnostics and treatment style, the most mainstream in traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). I am a duly qualified naturopathic physician licensed to practice in the Province of British Columbia since 1985 under registration # 032. I am a member in good standing of the College of Naturopathic Physicians of B.C. (CNPBC). The CNPBC is the regulatory body for the profession in the Province established by the Naturopathic Physicians Act of 1936. Naturopathy is a designated health profession under the Health Professions Act of B.C. I am certified by the CNPBC Acupuncture Credentials Committee to practice needle acupuncture in the Province. I am certified in hyperbaric oxygen therapy. I am a Registered Acupuncturist ( R. Ac.) with the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of B.C., under registration # GA01611 I have served the naturopathic profession as Registrar of CNPBC, on its Examining Board, on its board of Directors, and as Chair and Investigator for Hyperbaric medicine. I am a founder and past board member of the B.C. Naturopathic Association. I have been a naturopathic medical college accreditation evaluator for the Council on Naturopathic Medical Education. I have served the public interest on the Credentialing Panel of the Tzu Chi Institute for Complementary & Alternative Medicine, on the Naturopathy Working Group at the B.C. Institute of Technology, on the Special Committee for Audit of the Medical Services Plan of B.C., and as a college accreditation consultant to the College of Massage therapists of B.C. I was a founder of the Boucher Institute of Naturopathic Medicine, where I teach History & Philosophy of Naturopathic Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis & Acupuncture, Infectious Diseases, Environmental Health, Nutrition, Botanical Medicine, Clinical Oncology and Naturopathic Clinical Arts and Sciences. I have practiced as a naturopathic physican for over 18 years emphasizing traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) including pulse and tongue diagnosis and Eight Principles acupuncture and herbology, naturopathic methods of dietetics and nutritional medicine, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, physical therapies, spinal manipulation, botanical medicine, allergy desensitization, injection and I.V. techniques, sclerotherapy and counselling. I have over 27 years experience in homeopathic medicine. Laboratory diagnostics are performed in-office. We dispense pharmacist-prepared and professional products. I practice with my wife Lynda McKinney, Reiki practitioner, at the Vital Victoria Naturopathic Centre in Victoria, B.C. We offer general family natural medicine, with particular expertise in pain management, natural cancer care, TCM acupuncture, homeopathy, and healing. I have published a variety of articles and columns in journals, magazines and newspapers. I enjoy teaching and lecturing to professionals and the public. Phone: 250-386-3534 Vital Victoria Naturopathic Center 3534 Quadra St., Victoria,

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from Page 7

Whether these ideas on the natural healing of cancer I present here are pre-scientific, rational, evidence-based, or beyond science depends on your point of view. Expert opinion does vary. The best and brightest, the most honorable and reputable of my peers use these medicines.
I am a steward of a body of knowledge which has good clinical outcomes in many areas of oncology. We get stabilization, responses, remissions, and qualitative improvements in many difficult cases. Why the science industry has ignored or overlooked some of these therapies I have been able to find, I cannot say. I have tried to sift the science from the nonsense, and to avoid the temptation to spin straw into gold. The result is a robust and comprehensive naturopathic oncology.

My experience says that patient-centered care needs to be multidimensional and multidisciplinary. Patients know this and are demanding it. They are paying for it privately, and getting it.
The naturopathic oncologist must integrate complementary and alternative medicine with that of other care-givers. It is clearly interdependent with orthodox medical and radiation oncology. Biological physicians add particular expertise in nutrition and dietetics, botanicals, psychology, and energetic healing. All naturopathic physicians licensed today have the medicine and skill to be able to profoundly improve the quality of life of any person with cancer. The Vis medicatrix naturae -- the healing power of Nature -- can relieve pain, detoxify, tonify and restore health.

Patients with cancer today need comfort, palliation, treatment and cures. They have been patiently waiting and hoping, and dying, while the wheels of the science industry turn without moving forward appreciably. There is safety in bio-compatible medicines derived from natural and living sources proven by traditional use. We know very well what they do to humans, and we are learning what they do to cancerous cells. Evidence from academic scientific research in test tubes, on animals, from observation and human experimentation, and from clinical practice, is moving natural medicine to the front-line in primary cancer care.

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SUMMARY OF THE ACTION OF KEY NATURAL COMPOUNDS

APOPTOSIS PROMOTERS - quercitin, curcumin, mistletoe, green tea EGCG, betulinic acid, caffeine, genestein, berberine, vitamin E succinate, glutathione, N-acetyl cysteine, catechin, cayenne. Noscapine from the poppy Papaver somniferum.

ANTI-METASTATICS - fractionated citrus pectin, heparin, larch arabinogalactan, aloe vera juice, EPA omega 3 oils, CLA, bromelain.

ANTI-ANGIOGENICS - catechin, EGCG, curcumin, vitamins A, D & E, shikonin, genestein and shark liver oil. See also COX-2 inhibitors. Sodium chromoglycolate.

INDUCERS OF DIFFERENTIATION - butyrate, berberine, bromelain, retiniods, vitamins A & D, quercitin, calcium. Burdock root and parsley inhibit mutations.

PROTEIN KINASE SIGNAL INHIBITORS - curcumin, genestein, green tea EGCG, milk thistle, vitamin E succinate (VES).

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN BLOCKERS - quercitin, alpha lipoic acid

CELL-TO-CELL COMMUNICATION MODIFIERS - GLA, CLA, bromelain, green tea catechins (EGCG), melatonin, integrins.

TNF INHIBITORS - melatonin, milk thistle, cat's claw, VES, genestein, EGCG.

COX-2 INHIBITORS - scutellaria, feverfew, rosemary, curcumin, ginger, isatis tinctoria, propolis & CAPE, vitamin A, grapeseed proanthocyanins, green tea EGCG, licorice, garlic, bromelain and cold-water fish oils.

CYTOTOXICS - berberine, mistletoe, graviola, carnivora, isatis, yew bark.

IMMUNE MODULATORS - astragalus, ligusticum, maitake, shiitake, ganoderma, plant sterols & sterolins, Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang, Shih Chuan Da Bu Wan, ashwangandha. Proteolytics: bromelain, pancreatin, proteases. Polyerga spleen peptides and thymus extracts. Alkyglycerols from shark liver oil and omega 3 fats from cod liver oil. Larch arabinogalactan, Echineacea, Panax ginseng, Panax notoginseng, curcumin, cat's claw and Saposhnikovia divaricata. Iscador injectable mistletoe extract. MRV, MBV and BCG vaccines. Cimetidine 800-1000 mg.

TOPOISOMERASE INHIBITORS - green tea (I), boswellia (I & II), berberine (I & II), camptothecin, etoposide.

ANTI-CACHEXICS - EPA omega 3 oils, CLA, melatonin, vitamin E, green tea EGCG, cat's claw, milk thistle, Ukrain.

HORMONE MODULATORS - flaxseed, melatonin, indole 3 carbinol (I3C), diindolylmethane (DIM), potassium iodide.

ANTI-VIRALS - Engystol, Thymuline, echinacea, lomatia, graviola, vitamin A, vitamin C, glutathione, Newcastle paramyxovirus nasal spray.

ANTI-PARASITICS - Flaxseed, psyllium husks, graviola, berberine.

P53 GENE MODULATORS - phytic acid (IP6), N-acetyl-cysteine, quercitin, melatonin, catechin, green tea EGCG, grapeseed OPC's, vitamin E, antioxidants.

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