Mistletoe and the Emerging Future of Integrative Oncology

Nasha Winters is a global healthcare authority and best-selling author in integrative cancer care and research. She is currently planning for a comprehensive metabolic oncology hospital and research institute in the US. She lives in Colorado, USA. Steven Johnson directed one of the first inpatient integrative medicine clinics in the US and now directs the first European Mistletoe/Integrative Medicine Training Program in North America. He lives in New York, USA.

• C O N T E N T S:How to Use this BookForeword by Dr Luis A Diaz Introduction by Dr Steven Johnson, DOPART 1: THE LANDSCAPE OF MISTLETOE THERAPY1. Ancient Plant, Modern Therapy: A Brief History of Mistletoe and Modern OncologyDr Steven Johnson, DO and Dr Nasha Winters, ND, FABNO2: The Immunology and Science of Mistletoe Dr Paul Faust, ND3: The State of Current Mistletoe ResearchDr Paul Faust, ND and Dr Marion Debus, MDPART 2: MISTLETOE IN CLINICAL PRACTICE4: Understanding Host Trees: Best Practices in Choosing Mistletoe TherapiesDr Peter Hinderberger, MD5: Test, Assess, Address . . . Don’t Guess! Adjusting Treatment Priorities in Response to the Patient's Unique TerrainDr Nasha Winters, ND, FABNOPART 3: HUMAN-CENTERED MEDICINE6: The Physiology of WarmthDr Adam Blanning, MD7: What is 'Constitutional Care' in the Anthroposophic World? Seeing the Whole person, the Whole Human Organism, before Providing CareDr Peter Hinderberger, MD8: Pairing AM Adjuvants: Helleborus and Other Anthroposophic Remedies Provided alongside Mistletoe TherapyDr Steven Johnson, DO9: Building the Bridge between Mistletoe andOther Integrative TherapiesDr Nasha Winters, ND, FABNOPART 4: WEAVING IT ALL TOGETHER: SPECIAL APPLICATIONS IN CLINICAL PRACTICE10: Unique Scenarios: Novel Mistletoe Administration Routes and Understanding Tissue-origins of Specific Cancer TypesDr Mark Hancock, MD and Dr. Marion Debus11: Using Mistletoe Therapy in Advanced Disease and End-of-Life CareDr Steven Johnson, DO12: What the Horizon Holds for Mistletoe Therapy . . . And for an Expanding Integrative Approach to Cancer CareDr Nasha Winters, ND, FABNOAfterword by Holly Lucille, ND, RNAPPENDICESA: Basics of Mistletoe AdministrationB: Dramatic Responses to VAE Therapy C: Anamnestic FormD: MD Anderson Prognostic Scoring SystemE: Host Trees and Cancer Types: Basic Matching GuidelinesF: Terrain-centric Core Lab Tests and True Healthy Ranges

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