This section addresses topics related to the physical disease—and those impacting the physical body—in people with cancer. What does this mean? Whole body cancer care affects more than the cancer diagnosis. Instead, it treats components of the body terrain—the internal environment influencing health, including cancer. The Body section contains a lot of information with health and anticancer strategies for you to consider incorporating into your life even with, through, and beyond cancer. Research indicates that these integrative therapies for the body, including lifestyle strategies, improve quality of life, cancer survival, and cancer prevention.

It’s important to understand that components of whole-body cancer care may differ among integrative cancer treatment providers. As you read through the Body section, you’ll discover a variety of health and healing strategies that you can incorporate into your journey.

The topics covered in the Body section, along with other aspects of integrative cancer care, are interconnected. Optimal health depends on the dynamic relationships among the body, mind, and spirit, as well as social and environmental influences. Every aspect of your being contributes to your overall health and healing.