The Ottawa Integrated Cancer Centre received the green light from The Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine Board of Governors last week. The centre will be a healing, research and education centre where naturopathic doctors and other health-care professionals will use natural therapies with a focus on whole- person cancer care. OICC will be the first integrative oncology and research centre in Eastern Canada to provide care, advocacy and education for the use of whole- person care to the cancer community and health-care practitioners, regionally and nationally. Often cancer patients do not communicate their complementary care choices with conventional oncologists. One of oncologists’ biggest concerns with complementary medicine is the potential for this care to interfere with conventional therapies like chemotherapy and radiation therapy. OICC will work with patients, their families and their health-care professionals to develop a complementary, non-interfering therapy program to optimize overall wellness. More information will be forthcoming via website, and social media outlets.
