Our cancer care treatment team in Edmonton of naturopathic doctors has extensive training and focuses specifically on caring for patients diagnosed with cancer. They view every person as a unique individual whose disease developed due to numerous different factors.

Therefore every person receives a specialized treatment plan based on their individual needs. It is our goal to provide excellent care for every patient that walks through the doors of OWIC.

We also strive to collaborate with our patient’s other health care professionals to improve their health outcomes.

Under the direction of Dr. DeNault B.Sc. Pharmacy, ND (Naturopathic Doctor & Pharmacist), and Dr. Adam Kozin, B.Sc. (Distinction), ND, the Optimum Wellness Integrated Clinic provide a high level of expertise in integrated cancer care. Dr. DeNault has practiced integrative cancer care in the Edmonton area for over 15 years.

His pharmacy background helps in assessing and preventing possible interactions between conventional and natural treatments that patients may be taken at various stages of treatment. Dr. Kozin underwent a residency in naturopathic cancer care in the USA where he rotated throughout conventional oncology settings and learned how to integrate naturopathic medicine alongside conventional medicine.

Their extensive accreditation, experience, and total focus on patients with cancer enable them to create a program using natural intravenous solutions, oral products, and lifestyle medicine alongside specialized testing and advanced treatment equipment.

The Optimum Wellness Cancer Care program is designed with evidence-informed approaches which utilize the best of integrated naturopathic medicines and treatments.

Benefits of the therapies we provide include:

Reduce side effects of and improve tolerance and efficacy of conventional oncology treatments (radiation, surgery, chemotherapy)
Increase survival
Improve quality of life by improving energy, reducing pain, improving appetite, etc.
Offer education and support for patients and their families on cancer prevention and survivorship
Reduce rates of cancer recurrence

Cancer Care Program

The Optimum Wellness Clinic team integrates non-conventional treatments, with established evidence for safety and efficacy, alongside conventional treatments to improve patient outcomes.

There is an information overload on the topic of fighting cancer ‘naturally’ on TV, in magazines, books, health food stores, and on thousands of internet websites. It can be overwhelming for patients and their families looking for help navigating their journey through a cancer treatment program.

At Optimum Wellness, we educate patients and their families with specific, evidence-informed, information on testing and natural treatment options. Every patient receives an individualized treatment plan according to the nature of their diagnosis, their current health status, and the conventional treatments they are undergoing.

Please be aware that individual responses to treatments may vary and results are not guaranteed. A multi-faceted approach combines the best of many different naturopathic therapies, including the following.

IV Therapies

Includes Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid), Alpha Lipoic Acid, and IV Curcumin. IV administration directly bypasses the gastrointestinal system and liver and allows for maximum absorption of compounds. As responses and results vary and are not guaranteed, please speak with your naturopathic doctor about whether IV therapy is appropriate for your case.

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Hyperthermia

Hyperthermia Therapy is a Non-Invasive Integrated Therapy used in our CancerCare program. It is a Class III licensed LRHT device, called the Oncotherm EHY-2000 (Modulated Electro-hyperthermia). Optimum Wellness Integrated Clinic is one of the few integrated cancer clinics in North America, and the only clinic in Northern Alberta, to offer this therapy.

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European Mistletoe

While it might only be gaining recent popularity in Canada, European mistletoe (Viscum Album), is the most widely studied and used complementary therapy for cancer in Europe. European Mistletoe has been used as a medicine since the time of Hippocrates for disorders of the heart and circulatory disorders, arthritis and even neurological disorders like epilepsy.

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Supportive Care

Conventional therapies, such as: surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy, are instrumental in fighting cancer. Many of the therapies we offer at OWIC may help reduce the long-term side effects of conventional therapy and cancer. This can include symptoms such as neuropathy, pain, inflammation, impaired immune function, anxiety and more.

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Immune Support

Cancer has the ability to suppress the function of and evade destruction by the immune system. It can also co-opt the immune system and use it to further grow, invade and metastasize. For many years conventional medicine largely ignored the immune system and the effects that conventional therapies had on it. The use of immunotherapies is now commonplace in conventional medicine.

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Metabolic Therapies

Cancer cells have impaired metabolism. By interfering with how cancer cells produce energy we may be able to stop their growth and make them vulnerable to conventional therapies. Metabolic therapies are not indicated in all situations. It is important to work with a member of our naturopathic CancerCare team to determine what treatments may benefit you.

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Personalized Nutrition

Diet has also been shown to impact cancer outcomes, mitigate side effects of conventional therapies and reduce the risk of cancer from recurring. Therefore, any comprehensive CancerCare program should include a focus on nutrition. The doctors at our clinic are trained in clinical nutrition as well as naturopathic CancerCare.

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Targeted Supplementation

Supplements, sometimes called nutraceuticals, are refined and highly potent mixtures of bioactive compounds, vitamins, minerals or botanicals. Professional grade supplements are standardized and have guaranteed potencies which may not be the case with supplements bought online or in health food stores.

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Acupuncture and TCM

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a medical system that has been in practice for over 2,500 years. TCM includes medical acupuncture, botanical medicine, lifestyle counselling, massage, diet and exercise. TCM also has its own system of diagnosis. The World Health Organization recognizes TCM as a major complementary practice to conventional medicine.

Laboratory Testing

The labs we look at can range from those you are most likely familiar with such labs as blood counts, hormones, and lipids. They can also be more esoteric and look at factors such as your microbiome, nutrient levels and if there are any tumor cells in your blood stream. Laboratory testing can provide insight into what factors may have led to the development of cancer.

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Please note: As with any cancer treatment, individual responses to treatments may vary and results are not guaranteed. A multi-faceted approach combines the best of many different naturopathic therapies.

Optimum Wellness Welcomes Your Referrals

One of the greatest honours we have at our centre is receiving referrals from other healthcare professionals. Referrals are welcome to the clinic generally, or to one of our naturopathic doctors on staff at Optimum Wellness Clinic. To view a list of naturopathic doctors working at the Optimum Wellness click here.