My Healing CommunityIntegrative Oncology Field Guide

Welcome to your forever-expanding library of evidence-based research summaries, practical support resources, and embodied thriving work created by and for people living with a cancer diagnosis.

Explore in A–Z Order

This page serves as the main A–Z directory of the site's major sections, support resources, and discussion indexes. As more topics are added, they will be slotted into this list alphabetically. Each link takes you to the most relevant section hub, overview page, deep dive, or discussion index.

Jump to: A · B · C · D · E · F · G · H · I · J · K · L · M · N · O · P · Q · R · S · T · U · V · W · X · Y · Z

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Biopsy Support; Before and After Care

— Practical, evidence-aware support before and after biopsy—covering procedure choices, seeding and stress-response concerns, bleeding risks, sedation, supplement stop lists, recovery, urgent red flags, and clinician questions.

Brain & Skull Met Monitoring Guide

— This guide explains what common imaging tests are measuring, why results may not match exactly, and how to ask for focused comparison and follow-up

Bone Metastases

— Shared bone-metastasis hub covering actionable research summaries, standard bone-targeted therapies, integrative strategies, protocol notes, and community member experiences.

Bone Health

— Member-contributed bone-health hub covering DXA interpretation, lab work, diet, supplementation, exercise, and research notes.

Berberine in Oncology

— Evidence-based guide to berberine in oncology, including metabolism, microbial overlap, cancer-type evidence, and interaction cautions.

Boswellia in Oncology

— Evidence-based guide to Boswellia (frankincense) in oncology—covering AKBA, cancer-type evidence, tumour biology, brain-tumour oedema, absorption, dosing, safety, interactions, and sourcing.

Books

— Book recommendations for cancer patients, carers, and readers exploring integrative oncology, healing, metabolic approaches, repurposed drugs, and wider support.

Breast Cancer

— A hub for breast‑cancer resources, treatment‑resistance research summaries, metastatic support, and practical pathway tools for ER+, HER2‑positive and TNBC. Resources written by and for breast‑cancer patients, updated regularly. Contributors welcome.

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Senescence — The Second Escape Route

— Cross-cancer hub on therapy-induced senescence, SASP biology, senolytic strategy, and treatment-survivor clean-up logic.

Senolytic Pulse Protocol

— This page is designed as a conservative, patient-facing framework for discussing intermittent natural senolytic-style pulses built around fisetin and quercetin, using currently available human dosing patterns as the foundation.

Shikonin in Oncology

— Evidence-based overview of shikonin in oncology, including PKM2 inhibition, estrogen-receptor degradation, resistance sensitisation, and cancer-type evidence.

Side Effects

— Cross-cancer side-effect, symptom-support, and recovery topics, including overview pages and deeper symptom guides.

Symptoms - considerations beyond just the physical -

listening to the parts of us that are frightened by what we’re asking our bodies to endure.

Skull and Brain Mets

- What common imaging tests are measuring, why results may not match exactly, and how to ask for focused comparison and follow

Silymarin / Milk Thistle in Oncology

— Evidence-based overview of silymarin and milk thistle in oncology, including liver support, cancer-type evidence, and interaction questions.

Supplements - Trusted Suppliers and Discounts

— Vetted supplement suppliers and discount codes for our cancer research support community — MCS Formulas, Fullscript, Welldium & more

Surgery Support; Before and After Care

— Evidence-based perioperative guidance for cancer patients before and after surgery, including anaesthesia questions, supplement pauses, wound healing support, and post-op red flags.

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How to use this site

  • Start with the section that best matches the kind of question you have.

  • Use overview pages or directory pages first.

  • Move into deeper pages only when you need more detail.

  • Use the support and thriving sections alongside the evidence sections, not instead of them.

What this site is for

This site exists to help people:

  • understand complex treatment and supplement questions more clearly

  • find practical support that does not feel superficial

  • locate structured, evidence-aware resources without getting lost

  • hold together science, lived experience, and the deeper work of staying alive inside a difficult reality

This information is for education only. It is not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Please speak with a qualified clinician before making changes to care, medication, or supplement use.

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