Usefulness of a pragmatic integrative medicine approach in the management of breast cancer: A case series with literature review

Abstract

Complementary and alternative medicine approaches are widely used by breast cancer patients. We present a case series of four patients with breast cancer who underwent a pragmatic integrative medicine protocol in an inpatient integrative oncology setting. The participants were three metastatic and one non-metastatic breast cancer patient who did not undergo any standard cancer therapies. The holistic integrative medicine protocol includes counselling, oncothermia, high-dose vitamin C therapy, ozone therapy, diet therapy, liposomal curcumin therapy, vitamin D supplementation, artesunate injections, probiotic supplementation, Co-Q enzyme therapy, hyperbaric ozone therapy, medical cannabis, coffee enema, colour therapy, sun exposure, and yoga therapy. The treatment duration varied from person to person. All the patients have shown significant improvement in their complete blood cell counts, reduction in their cancer markers. The thermal scan has shown a complete arrest of disease activity in the breast compared to baseline. Further, all the patients have shown improvement in their body weight and expressed a complete revival of subjective wellbeing. The holistic integrative medicine protocol looks promising in the management of breast cancer. However, large-scale randomized control trials are warranted to validate the present findings.