Integrative Care Research Updates

This category highlights emerging research, scientific insights, and evidence-informed discussions relevant to integrative oncology. Articles summarise new studies, mechanisms, and developments in supportive cancer care in a way that is accessible, practical, and grounded in current knowledge.

These updates help you stay informed without needing to navigate complex research papers on your own.

FODMAP Diet during cancer care - research article

Low FODMAP Diet during Cancer Treatment – Research Article

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The following article provides a brief overview of the types of treatments available, the ways in which treatment damages the GI tract, and discusses how the low FODMAP diet may be useful in this context.
The emerging role of zinc in oral health during cancer care

Supporting Oral Health During Chemotherapy: The Emerging Role of Zinc

Oral mucositis is one of the most painful, distressing side effects that is experienced with certain types of chemotherapy and always with head/neck radiotherapy. If oral mucositis occurs, it can negatively affect a person's ability to eat, drink and speak.
Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is one of the most challenging and long-lasting side effects of cancer treatment. Patients often describe tingling, numbness, burning, or electric-shock sensations that persist long after treatment has ended. This unfortunate symptom is one that my patients find reduces their quality of life, even after the cancer has gone.

Can Nutrition Influence Chemo-Related Nerve Pain? Early Insights

Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is one of the most challenging and long-lasting side effects of cancer treatment. Patients often describe tingling, numbness, burning, or electric-shock sensations that persist long after treatment has ended. This unfortunate symptom is one that my patients find reduces their quality of life, even after the cancer has gone.
Artesunate, Ferroptosis and Pancreatic Cancer

Artesunate, Ferroptosis and Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic cancer, particularly a type known as pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), is one of the deadliest forms of cancer, largely due to a mutation in a gene called KRAS that makes it resistant to current treatments like chemotherapy.
Panax Ginseng

Biohacking the Tumour Microenvironment

This article explores the importance of looking beyond a cancer tumour to its surrounding environment, or neighbourhood, and how integrating botanical medicines with traditional cancer treatments might offer new hope in the fight against cancer. Author, Heidi Dahlenburg, talks about specific plants, like Astragalus and Panax notoginseng, that have shown promise in scientific studies for their potential to fight cancer by influencing the immune cells in the tumour's neighborhood. These plants might help make traditional cancer treatments more effective and reduce side effects. Read on for more.