So You Have Been Diagnosed with Cancer

Hearing your doctor say, “You have cancer” is undoubtedly one of the most dreaded sentences one can hear. Mind, body and spirit may feel frozen in time. Stories of people with cancer flash through your mind-most of them bad.

Cancer is often referred to as a disease where “The cure can be worse than the disease.” Did you know that 40 percent of chemotherapy patients reported side effects as their biggest concern compared to 32 percent who thought surviving cancer was their biggest concern.(1)

The days and weeks following diagnosis can be a whirlwind of advice from physicians, family and friends. Your first impulse may be to ask “What are my options?” Your second impulse may be to just do what your doctor tells you, following the advice without exploring or considering other options.

Do Your Research & Know Your Options

Choosing your cancer treatment may be one of the most difficult and important decisions you’ll ever make. This is your life and your choice so investigate, research and learn your options.

The Comprehensive Cancer Care Program At the Kotsanis Institute

We believe that cancer is a disease not only of the body but of the mind and spirit. We are passionate about caring for our patients and help them achieve optimal health and well being. Family and social support will contribute to your healing and your proactive positive spirit will help the cancer warrior in you, thrive while surviving. Enjoying a full life with a loving, relaxing, forgiving spirit will support your immune system, good health and well being.

Patients in our Comprehensive Cancer Care program become members of our Kotsanis Institute family. We partner for lifelong healthful living. Together as a family, we fight to help you reclaim your life. Each patient is assigned a Care Manager who partners and this role was created to insure that you receive personal attention and availability, when needed. Dr. Kotsanis will work closely with your medical team of physicians: oncologists, primary physicians or other healthcare providers.

We are not just a treatment clinic. We are highly experienced, listen to our patients and are committed to delivering superior care and compassion. We will treat, educate, research, and elevate your well being during your journey with cancer, cancer treatment and cancer aftercare.

Conventional Oncology & Integrative Cancer Care

Although conventional oncology serves most of their patients well, there are a group of patients that fail traditional oncology and/or cannot tolerate traditional oncology. Even though the Kotsanis Institute practices integrative and natural oncology, our Institute doesn’t claim that it is a better alternative to traditional oncology; additionally, Dr. Kotsanis is not an oncologist. Nevertheless, integrative and natural oncology offer treatments that could benefit the patients that have failed traditional oncology or patients that could not tolerate traditional oncology. Furthermore, there is a respectable minority of people that refuse traditional oncology based on religious beliefs. The Kotsanis Institute welcomes all patients that seek natural medicine as well as all patients that seek integrative oncology.

Natural and integrative oncology work on the principle that cancer is a systemic disease that affects the immune system and metabolism. We strive to bring balance in all the systems in your body, i.e., everything from nutrition to digestive system dysfunction, to immune/endocrine/central system harmony. Furthermore, we believe that cancer should be managed by addressing all physical, emotional and spiritual imbalances. Last, but not least, we encourage family participation for optimal healing. Everyone in our Institute will treat you with kindness, love and respect when you visit our office.

The Three Foundational Pillars of Our Comprehensive Cancer Care Program With Conventional Chemotherapy

Treat the Cancer:

• Dr. Kotsanis will work with your oncologists and physicians to compliment your conventional chemotherapy plan

Nutrition Therapy & Detoxification to Support the Immune Function:

• This includes diet and nutritional therapy, supplementation and detoxification strategies.

Mind/Body Medicine:

• A powerful, effective combination of research based healing therapies to help manage the life change and stress associated with illness.

Insulin Potentiation Targeted Low Dose Therapy - The Kinder Gentler More Compassionate Cancer Treatment

The rapid expansion of the integration of conventional (traditional) medicine with complementary alternative medicine (CAM, functional, alternative and nutritional), has lead the search for an effective cancer therapy that has fewer side effects and is less damaging to the body. To fulfill that need, Dr. Kotsanis introduced Insulin Potentiation Targeted LowDose (IPTLDSM) therapy into our Comprehensive Cancer Care Program. IPTLD(SM) therapy satisfies the cry for a kinder, gentler more compassionate cancer treatment.

The Three Foundational Pillars of this Comprehensive Cancer Care Program with Insulin Potentiation Targeted Low Dose Therapy

• The program follows the National Cancer Institute’s recommended cancer care practice model.

Treat the Cancer:

• Each patient’s treatment plan is based upon their individual medical profile and where they are in their journey.
• When called for, standard chemotherapy drugs are administered at low doses (approximately 1/10th the amount of conventional chemo) via the technique of Insulin Potentiation Targeted LowDose Therapy. (IPTLDSM)

Nutrition Therapy & Detoxification to Support the Immune Function:

• This includes diet and nutritional therapy, supplementation and detoxification strategies.

Mind/Body Medicine:

• A powerful, effective combination of research based healing therapies to help manage the life change and stress associated with illness.
• These therapies may include:
• Meditation
• Deep Breathing
• Oxidative Therapies
• Colonic Therapy
• Acupuncture for Pain
• Massage
• Craniosacral Manipulation
• Energetic Diagnostics
• Emotional Support
• Spiritual Healing
• Light Therapy
• Voice Mapping

The National Cancer Institute has acknowledged the value of the Comprehensive Cancer Care model. By integrating IPTLDSM, therapy into this model, patients now have available a therapy which targets and kills cancer cells and does not target healthy cells.

More on Insulin Potentiation Targeted Low Dose IPLDSM Therapy

Research the Kotsanis Institute is Conducting

• A Quality of Life Study with Patients in the Comprehensive Cancer Care Program and treated with Insulin Potentiation Targeted LowDose Chemotherapy. Sponsored by Best Answer for Cancer Foundation. Oversight by Liberty IRB (Institutional Review Board). Click Here For Study

References:

1. Infection: A Little Known But Potentially Deadly Chemotherapy Side Effect, www.ByMySide.com
2. The Kinder, Gentler Cancer Treatment, Best Answer for Cancer Foundation, 2009. Constantine A. Kotsanis, MD. = See pages 123-127 for additional web sites, books and articles.
3. Insulin-induced enhancement of antitumoral response to methotrexate in breast cancer patients. Lasalvia-Prisco E, Cucchi S, Vazquez J, Lasalvia-Galante E, Golomar W, Gordon W. Mar;53(3):220-4. Epub 2003 Dec 4. Available at: http://iptq.com/index.htm. Accessed November 10, 2008. , Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay. Abstract. Research available on request.
4. Metronomic chemotherapy: Low-dose chemotherapy for advanced cancers. Mayo Clinic.com
5. Insulin-like Growth Factor Receptor Expression and Function in Human Breast Cancer1. Kevin J. Cullen, Douglas Yee, William S. Sly, James Perdue, Brian Hampton, Marc E. Lippman and Neal Rosen. Vincent T. Lombardi Cancer Research Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007; St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63104; and the Holland Research Labs, American Red Cross, Rockville, Maryland 20850.[Cancer Research 50, 48-53, January 1, 1990], 1990 American Association for Cancer Research
6. Liberty Institutional Review Board - The IPTLD Quality of Life Broad Study, Study Design and Protocol,Kotsanis Institute and Best Answer for Cancer Foundation. www.kotsanisinstitute.com,www.bestanswerforcancer.com
7. A Few Facts About Cancer, www.kotsanisinstitute.com

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