Expert Speaker | Integrative Oncology | Precision Health & Integration|

Expert Speaker | Integrative Oncology | Precision Health

Wednesday 17th September | 2.00pm | Online via Zoom | FREE

We are delighted to bring you a presentation from Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel, she is hugely passionate about the role of Integrative Medicine and Precision Health in regaining and maintaining our health and wellbeing, having seen its effects during her own breast cancer diagnosis.

Integrative oncology (IO) is a patient-centred, evidence-informed field of cancer care that intelligently combines psychological, nutritional, lifestyle and complementary interventions alongside conventional cancer treatments.

Integrative oncology aims to support better quality of life, improve resilience, minimise the side effects of treatment and improve outcomes. At Synthesis Clinic our approach to integrative oncology involves a doctor-led multidisciplinary team, delivering award-winning personalised care for adults affected by cancer throughout the UK.

Dr Nina will give a broad talk on integrative oncology. Her passion lies in combining extensive scientific and medical understanding and precision health testing with a whole person approach to create a precisely tailored health plan drawing on a broad range of therapeutic interventions. She believes that our current healthcare system, while often life-saving, is not life-optimising, and is rarely able to deliver whole person care for prevention and management of complex, chronic disease, including cancer.

As a doctor providing integrative, personalised care to support people with cancer and other complex illness, she can see the transformative impact of this approach on personal resilience, quality of life and clinical outcomes every day.

Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel is the Clinic Director and Head of Integrative Cancer Care at Synthesis Clinic, Reading.

The event will be online so please book so that you receive the link in plenty of time.

About Dr Nina...

She is an award-winning Oxbridge-trained integrative medicine doctor, scientist and educator with over a decade’s experience in integrative healthcare. She's a Fellow the College of Medicine, the British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT) and the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), and I was the 2021-2023 Co-Chair of BSIO (British Society for Integrative Oncology).

"Alongside my scientific and medical training, including an MSc in Precision Cancer Medicine from the University of Oxford with distinction, I hold multiple qualifications in nutrition, integrative medicine, functional medicine (IFMCP), health coaching (FMCA), herbal medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine (including Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture), yoga, mindfulness and other therapeutic approaches. I integrate and draw upon this extensive knowledge and clinical toolkit every day in my practice.

As the clinic Director, I am hugely passionate about the role of Integrative Medicine and Precision Health in regaining and maintaining our health and wellbeing, having seen its effects during my own breast cancer diagnosis and the profound impact this approach has on the lives of my patients in clinic."

What to expect...

Cancer and its treatments affect multiple bodily systems, this is an opportunity to find out about integrative care, an approach that takes the systems biology view of cancer and cancer hallmarks, while applying the whole person perspective and treating the ecosystem as a whole.

A Q&A session will follow - please have them ready if you have any particular questions beforehand. We will record the event.

Synthesis Clinc

Intergrative Cancer Care

www.synthesisclinic.co.uk

What the cancer support network can offer:

The Cancer Support Network help people affected by cancer

Cancer Support Network [Community Support]: T: 01344 304404

Offers a range of support including:

• Information and Advice
• Online support
• 1-1 direct peer support (Cancer Champions)
• Health and wellbeing events
• Regular expert speakers and meet-ups

The Cancer Support Network has been established to support people living in and around the Wokingham, Bracknell and surrounding areas of Berkshire that are affected by cancer.

Meeting other people with similar experiences can be invaluable. Self-help and support groups offer a chance for people to talk to others and come together to share experiences and concerns.

www.involve.community/cancer