Adjunctive & Team-Based Care

Adjuvant Cancer Care

Supportive, adjunctive therapies delivered by our Naturopathic Doctors and coordinated with your oncology team. Care plans are individualized and focused on quality-of-life goals such as symptom relief, treatment tolerance, and overall well-being. These services are not a replacement for oncology treatment or medical advice.

Adjunctive goals we may address:

🤢 Nausea Support ⚡ Energy 🌙 Sleep 🧠 Mood 🔥 Inflammation Modulation 🩹 Tissue Comfort 💧 Hydration 🥗 Nutrition
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Team-Based Coordination

With your consent, we can coordinate with your oncology team to align timing, dosing, and safety checks. We review medications, supplements, allergies, and goals before starting any therapy.

  • Timing: Scheduled around chemotherapy, immunotherapy, surgery, or radiation when appropriate.
  • Interactions: We assess for known or theoretical interactions and adjust accordingly.
  • Monitoring: Symptom tracking and periodic lab review where indicated.
Safety first: New patients require an initial consultation. Select IV therapies require recent labs. Therapies are adjusted or deferred if contraindications are identified. Care is adjunctive and does not replace oncology treatment.
IV High-Dose Intravenous Vitamin C (HDIVC) ›

What it is: IV vitamin C delivered in the microampere-compatible physiologic range of current carriers; dosing is individualized and may be titrated.

  • Goals: Symptom support (e.g., energy, comfort), hydration, and general well-being alongside oncology care.
  • Timing: Scheduled with attention to chemo/radiation cycles and oncology guidance.

Safety & labs: Required prior to higher doses

  • G6PD screening
  • Kidney function (e.g., eGFR/creatinine)
  • Basic hematology/chemistry as indicated

Not used in the presence of known contraindications (e.g., G6PD deficiency, certain renal concerns).

MT Mistletoe Therapy (Viscum album) ›

What it is: Plant-derived extracts used in integrative oncology settings, typically given by subcutaneous injection with individualized dose escalation.

  • Goals: Quality-of-life support such as comfort, sleep, or appetite as clinically appropriate.
  • Approach: Gradual titration; monitoring for local skin reactions or flu-like responses.

Safety:

  • Screening for allergies and concomitant therapies
  • Coordination with oncology providers
  • Hold or modify around surgery/fever per clinical judgment
AC Acupuncture ›

Focus areas: Nausea support, peripheral sensation changes, sleep, stress, and general comfort.

  • Gentle, individualized plans; sterile, single-use needles
  • Sessions often 30–45 minutes; frequency varies by goal

Safety:

  • Contraindications reviewed (e.g., severe thrombocytopenia)
  • Point selection adjusted for ports, surgical sites, radiation fields
BM Botanical Medicine ›

Approach: Targeted botanicals selected for specific symptom goals (e.g., digestion, sleep, mild dyspepsia), with attention to interactions.

  • Forms: teas, tinctures, capsules, topical preparations
  • Quality sourcing and dosing guidance provided

Safety & interactions:

  • Reviewed against medications and treatment plan
  • Adjusted or deferred if interaction risk is identified
NT Nutraceuticals ›

Approach: Evidence-informed micronutrients and specialized formulas used to support nutrition and symptom goals when appropriate.

  • Prioritized for simplicity; avoid unnecessary stacking
  • Dose, timing, and treatment-day adjustments reviewed

Safety:

  • Checked for known or theoretical interactions
  • Paused/modified around procedures as needed
DN Diet & Nutrition ›

Focus: Practical, sustainable nutrition tailored to appetite, taste changes, and GI comfort—aiming for adequate protein, fibre, fluids, and micronutrient density.

  • Meal-planning strategies for low appetite or nausea
  • Texture modification and mouth-feel options when needed

Support tools:

  • Gentle hydration plans
  • Symptom-aligned recipe ideas and supplementation timing

How to get started

  1. Initial consultation: Review history, oncology plan, medications, supplements, allergies, and goals.
  2. Safety review: Order or review recent labs where indicated (e.g., G6PD and kidney function for HDIVC).
  3. Plan & timing: Build an adjunctive schedule coordinated with your oncology team.
  4. Follow-up: Track symptoms and adjust as needed.
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Important: The services described here are adjunctive and used to support people during or after oncology care. They do not diagnose, treat, or cure cancer. Always follow your oncologist’s recommendations. Individual responses vary.
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