Resources
The following list of resources below are those that were mentioned during the sessions at Integrative Oncology UK. They are not meant to be all inclusive and their inclusion should not be deemed as an endorsement by Integrative Oncology UK or by individual speakers.
Apps and Websites:
- CancerOptions – www.canceroptions.co.uk/faqs
- Penny Brohn UK – www.pennybrohn.org.uk/find-help/online-services/
- MacMillian Safefit – www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/get-help/physical-help/safefit
- Headspace – https://www.headspace.com/ UK mobile mindfulness training app. Free 1 year subscription available through Penny Brohn UK Bookings team bookings@pennybrohn.org.uk
- Sleepio – https://www.sleepio.com/ UK mobile app helping people manage sleep problems. Free 1 year subscription available through Penny Brohn UK Bookings team if you are a PBUK client: bookings@pennybrohn.org.uk
- Daylight – https://www.bighealth.com/daylight UK mobile app helping people manage worry and anxiety. Free 1 year subscription available through Penny Brohn UK Bookings team if you are a PBUK client: bookings@pennybrohn.org.uk
- Cancer Care Map – https://www.cancercaremap.org/ searchable resource to help you find cancer support services where you live in the UK
- Trewfields Festival https://trewfields.com/ – the UK’s first Cancer Awareness and Holistic Health Festival
- Mealtrain https://www.mealtrain.com/ Helps you communicate with, plan and organise your own support networks to get you through difficult times like cancer treatment
- No more grapes https://www.nomoregrapes.org/ App which helps you communicate with, plan and organise your own support networks to get you through difficult times like cancer treatment
- Natiacares https://www.natiacares.com/ UK mobile app that helps people with cancer feel better physically, emotionally, spiritually
- Vinehealth https://www.vinehealth.ai/ UK mobile app which helps people stay in control through their cancer treatment
- My Wellness Coach https://mywellnesscoach.arizona.edu/ American mobile app helping you identify holistic health goals, action steps and motivators
- CanHEAL https://cancertoolkit.integrativemedicine.arizona.edu/ This American integrative cancer care toolkit has been developed to help those recently diagnosed feel less overwhelmed, learn about approaches to support their treatment and overall wellbeing, and gain access to useful resources.
- Careology – Cancer Treatment Management Support App
Book suggestions:
- Anti-Cancer: A new way of life (2008) – Dr David Servan Schreiber
- Anti-Cancer Living (2018) – Lorenzo Cohen and Alison Jefferies (Sequel and update to David Servan Schreiber’s Anti-Cancer book)
- Keep Healthy After Cancer (2020)– Professor Robert Thomas
- Cured – Dr Jeff Rediger (2020) – a scientific investigation into documented cases of Spontaneous Remission (people who have recovered from life-threatening illnesses) and what we have to learn from them
- Radical Remission (2014) – Kelly Turner – drawing together our learning from cases of Spontaneous or Radical Remission
- Radical Hope – Kelly Turner & Tracy White (2020) Sequel and update to Radical Remission
- The Cancer Whisperer (2015) – Sophie Sabbage
- Lifeshocks and how to love them (2018) – Sophie Sabbage
- How Long Have I Got? (2017) – Fi Munro. Story of a woman with “terminal” Stage 4 ovarian cancer who managed to find her own way through an extremely challenging set of circumstances.
- Seven Ways to Build Resilience (2019)– Dr Chris Johnstone
- Eat to Beat Illness (2019) – Dr Rupy Aujla
- The Four Pillar Plan – Dr Rangan Chatterjee
- The Stress Solution – Dr Rangan Chatterjee
- Feel Better in 5 – Dr Rangan Chatterjee
- The Cancer Revolution (2016) – ed Patricia Peat
- With the End in Mind (2017)– Kathryn Mannix
- Dying to be Me (2012) – Anita Moorjani
- Healing without Freud or Prozac (2012) – Dr David Servan Schreiber
- Lifting your Spirits – Jan Alcoe https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lifting-Your-Spirits-Coping-Illness/dp/0954838610
Podcasts – Cancer:
Podcasts – General Wellbeing:
Any other resources/info sheets sent:
- https://drchatterjee.com/5-breathing-techniques-help-reduce-stress/
- https://youtu.be/vThaJl4ZoCw – Toni Hennings acupressure video
- https://youtu.be/6pRe5QMl3T8 – Exercises to do pre/post breast surgery by Kate Oldham at My Simple Steps
- Try acupressure at Pericardium 6 point (see: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Location-of-Pericardium-6-acupoint-a-and-wristbands-on-the-Pericardium-6-acupoint-b_fig2_334789239)
Sources of CBD:
- https://theoriginalalternativeofficial.com/
- https://ammalife.co.uk/
- United Patients Alliance www.upalliance.org is a consumer organisation that helps people source CBD and Cannabis for medical purposes
