Integrative Cancer Therapy Fellowship
Module VIII: Nutritional Integrative Cancer Therapies

Upon completion of the module, the participant will:

• Learn the importance of fatty acid balance including the importance of fatty acid supplementation in the cancer patient
• Understand nutrients that can add augmenting cancer therapies
• Know nutritional depletions caused by chemotherapy
• Learn nutrients that can decrease side effects of radiation without affecting therapy
• Identify nutrients that inhibit cancer-dependent enzymes
• Learn nutrients that can cause apoptosis of cancer cells
• Know nutrients that inhibit inflammation
• Review the literature on nutrients that can inhibit tumor invasion
• Learn nutrients that can block angiogenesis
• Know nutrients that have anti-hormone effects
• Identify nutrients that can promote immune enhancement such as beta-glucans, thymus protein extract, mushroom extracts, MGN-3, colostrum, lactoferrin, astragalus, mistletoe extract along with others
• Identify nutrients that improve barrier strength and reduce tumor invasion
• Understand the role of antioxidant use with chemotherapy and radiation
• Know nutrients that decrease the effectiveness of chemotherapy and radiation
• Learn nutrients that increase the effectiveness of chemotherapy and radiation
• Understand the importance of reducing tumor cell glutathione levels with whey protein intake
• Understand the importance of hydration in the cancer patient
• Value the role that melatonin can play in the treatment of cancer
• Understand the nutrient and herb interactions with conventional cancer therapies
• Learn the action of vitamin D metabolites on cancer cells