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Evidence-Based Integrative Oncology

The Cancer Recovery Blueprint

Most medical care stops at remission. This book begins there — a structured, evidence-based pathway through the full arc of recovery, drawing on peer-reviewed oncology, nutritional science, mind-body medicine and the lived experience of survivorship.

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Table of contents

Part 1 — The Medical Foundation

  1. Reading the Language of OncologyDecode your pathology report, TNM staging and molecular biomarkers, so you can ask sharper questions and share decisions with your oncology team.
  2. Navigating Your Treatment OptionsSurgery, radiation, chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy and hormone therapy: how each works, when it is used, and what to ask before you decide.
  3. Building Your Care TeamWho does what in a multidisciplinary oncology team, how to coordinate between specialists, and how to advocate for yourself at every appointment.

Part 2 — The Psychological Foundation

  1. The Emotional StormThe biology of emotional shock after diagnosis, which reactions are normal, and evidence-based tools for anxiety, fear of recurrence and sleepless nights.
  2. The Hidden Enemy — Why Cancer ReturnsMicrometastasis, cancer stem cells and tumour dormancy explained, plus the lifestyle changes that alter the biological conditions for recurrence.

Part 3 — Treatment Support

  1. Protecting the Gut During TreatmentManaging mucositis, microbiome damage and poor absorption during treatment: the most overlooked part of supportive cancer care, with practical protocols.
  2. Moving Through TreatmentExercise is a clinical tool, not a luxury. The trial evidence, safe intensity ranges and protocols for staying active through active treatment.
  3. Herbs and Supplements — Support vs. InterferenceA pharmacological framework for supplements during treatment: what interferes with chemotherapy and radiation, what is safe, and how to check before you take it.

Part 4 — Nutrition & Gut Health

  1. The Anti-Cancer KitchenThe evidence behind phytochemicals, inflammatory load and whole dietary patterns, and how to build meals that support recovery and lower recurrence risk.
  2. Restoring the MicrobiomeYour microbiome is the foundation of immune function. A systematic plan to rebuild it after treatment with fibre, fermented foods and targeted probiotics.

Part 4 — Integrating East & Supplements

  1. Navigating Herbs & Supplements Safely After TreatmentWhich supplements have real evidence once therapy ends, which ones carry risk, and a science-grounded method for choosing between them.
  2. TCM & Acupuncture: Evidence-Based Complementary MedicineWhat clinical trials actually show about acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine in oncology: nausea, pain, hot flushes, fatigue and neuropathy.

Part 5 — Mind-Body Connection

  1. Chronic Stress: Hidden Fuel for CancerHow sustained stress hormones weaken immune surveillance of dormant cancer cells, and the daily practices that measurably lower that biological load.
  2. Mindfulness & Meditation: Rewiring the Stressed BrainHow mindfulness changes brain structure, lowers inflammatory markers and builds the biological conditions for recovery, with a beginner protocol.

Part 6 — Movement & Lifestyle

  1. Tai Chi & Qigong: Restoring Energy, Balance, and ImmunitySlow movement with strong science: the immune, hormonal and balance benefits of tai chi and qigong for cancer survivors, and how to begin safely.
  2. Sleep as Therapy & Environmental DetoxDeep sleep is when DNA damage is repaired. How to rebuild sleep architecture after treatment and cut the household toxic load competing for your energy.

Part 7 — Your Daily Action Plan

  1. Your Personal Prevention Action PlanTurn the whole book into one sustainable routine: a personal surveillance schedule and lifestyle plan that fits real life instead of consuming it.

Part 8 — Cognitive & Physical Recovery

  1. Chemo Brain: Restoring Cognitive Function After TherapyCancer-related cognitive impairment is real and biological. The interventions that restore memory, focus and processing speed 6 to 18 months after therapy.
  2. Bone Health & Hormonal Balance After CancerHormone-suppressing therapy quietly weakens bone. The nutrition, loading exercise and monitoring schedule that protect your skeleton during and after treatment.

Part 9 — Intermittent Fasting & Therapeutic Strategies

  1. Therapeutic Fasting as an Anti-Cancer StrategyThe biology of intermittent fasting, the Fasting-Mimicking Diet and time-restricted eating: what shifts hormonally, what trials show, and who should not fast.

Part 10 — Social & Spiritual Recovery

  1. Supporting the One Who Supports You: Preventing Caregiver BurnoutThe family members who carry cancer's invisible weight. Why protecting your caregiver is a medical priority, and the practical ways to do it.
  2. Returning to Life — Reintegration After CancerWork, intimacy, friendships and identity after treatment ends: an honest map of reintegration, with strategies for the conversations nobody prepares you for.
  3. Spirituality, Meaning & Post-Traumatic GrowthMeaning-making produces measurable immunological and survival effects. The research on post-traumatic growth, and the practices that make it more likely.

Part 11 — When Cancer Returns

  1. Biology of Relapse — Why Cancer Can ReturnMinimal residual disease, cancer stem cells and clonal evolution explained plainly: the science behind both relapse and the long remissions that follow.
  2. Surveillance Protocol — Detecting Relapse EarlyFollow-up schedules, tumour markers, scan intervals and the symptoms that warrant urgent review: monitoring that protects you without ruling your life.
  3. Psychology of Relapse — The Second DiagnosisWhy a second diagnosis lands harder than the first, what it does to families, and the frameworks that provide a real foundation for carrying on.
  4. Medical Decisions at RelapseThe questions to ask your oncologist at relapse, how oligometastatic disease changes the options, and how to weigh clinical trials against standard care.
  5. Lifestyle and Recurrence Risk — The EvidenceWhat the strongest evidence says about exercise, body weight, alcohol, sleep and circadian rhythm in lowering the risk that cancer comes back.
  6. Palliative Care — Quality of Living, Not Preparation for DeathPalliative care is not end-of-life care. What it actually is, what trials prove it does for quality of life and survival, and why it belongs in every plan.

Appendix A

  1. Self-Acupressure at HomeFour meridian points you can press at home for nausea, pain, fatigue, hot flushes and neuropathy, with safe technique and a daily practice log.

Appendix B

  1. 7-Day Anti-Cancer Diet PlanA full week of anti-inflammatory, phytochemical-rich menus built from everyday ingredients, with the specific mechanism behind each meal.

Appendix C

  1. Chi Dynamics — Healing Breath & Energy Practice for Cancer RecoveryThe Block of Breathing method, de-stressing drills, lymphatic drainage and acu-cupping: an energy practice for cancer recovery, with science and case notes.

Appendix D

  1. Citations & ReferencesEvery peer-reviewed study, clinical trial, systematic review and guideline cited in The Cancer Recovery Blueprint, listed in full.