CancerGuides®
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CancerGuides® is the world’s first and only comprehensive training program
in integrative oncology. We teach health professionals and patient advocates to work
collaboratively with people with cancer to create safe, effective, humane, individualized programs
of care.
The CancerGuides® training will make it possible for you to confidently guide
your patients and clients in making the wisest choices in complementary and alternative as well
as conventional forms of cancer care. It will equip you to support them as they move through all
the challenges of cancer and its treatment.
Topics include:
- Cutting Edge Research & How to Evaluate It
- Models of Integrative Oncology in Comprehensive Cancer Centers & Private Practice
- Psychoneuroimmunology & the Psychology of Cancer
- Making Mind-Body Medicine Integral to Cancer Care
- Exercise, Massage & Energy Medicine
- Nutritional Approaches to Cancer
- Coping with Conventional Care & Its Side Effects
- Integrating Chinese Medicine into Cancer Care
- Becoming a CancerGuide® & Models of CancerGuides® Practice
A prime focus of this training is the safe, effective and satisfying integration of modalities according to the needs and choices of individual patients. Faculty from a variety of healthcare settings, including some of North America’s most distinguished oncologists, present models of integrative oncology practice. Daily small-group work supports meaningful personal exploration and application of mind-body skills.
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A couple comes to Dr. James Gordon for a CancerGuides® Consultation |
CancerGuides® alumni consistently say that in this open, lively and interdisciplinary program, faculty-participant networking creates a vibrant source of ongoing insight and practical information.
Who Should Attend?
- Oncologists and Oncology Professionals
- Physicians and Physician Assistants
- Nurses and Nurse Practitioners
- Cancer Patient Educators and Advocates
- Psychologists & Social Workers
- Mental Health and Pastoral Counselors
- CAM Practitioners
- Dietitians and Nutritionists
Come experience a profound shift in your practice.
Continuing education credits are pending for: physicians & physicians' assistants, nurses & nurse practitioners, psychologists, counselors and social workers.
More Information:
Course Faculty
Success Stories
2006 Brochure (PDF 2.7 MB)
2006 Schedule (PDF 227 KB)
Photos of 2005 Training (PDF 320 KB)
2006 Hotel Information (PDF 56 KB)
2006 Scholarship Application (DOC 51 KB)
2006 Registration Form (PDF 918 KB)
Thank you for this most important experience, one which would benefit every oncologist and oncology professional. I will be doing everything I can to make our large, successful private practice an integrative one.
- Michael Fried, MD, Medical Oncologist, North Shore Hematology-Oncology Associates, Brookhaven, NY
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Jackie Tschernia is changing cancer care in Southern Nevada.
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The CancerGuides training is the best way for physicians and other health professionals to learn to bring truly integrative care to their cancer patients. I use what I learned every day.
- Lorne Feldman, MD, Chief Medical Officer, B'Shert Integrative Oncology Services, Los Angeles, CA