Dr Sarah Partridge is a Clinical Oncologist specialising in head and neck cancers. She also has an abiding interest in mind-body therapies which has led her to train in Clinical Hypnosis. She finds this therapy to be an enormous resource as an alternative or adjunct to conventional methods of managing pain, stress, phobic reactions and more. She has already demonstrated its capacity to save healthcare costs in meaningful ways, and with her clinical experience backed up by all the evidence for...

Dr Deepak Ravindran is a Consultant in Pain Medicine and an Honorary Professor at Teesside University, with 20 years' experience playing leading roles in the NHS. He is pioneering fresh non-drug approaches to pain management that, alongside traditional methods such as drugs, surgery or ablation, espouse a range of complementary and lifestyle modalities that have been shown to be effective. Dr Ravindran highlights flawed thinking in regard to the nature of pain and the overpowering fear...

Professor Lacey has been in the vanguard of developing Integrative Oncology in Australia. She is Director of Supportive Care and Integrative Oncology at the LivingRoom at Chris O’Brien Lifehouse in Sydney. With  20 years' experience as a palliative and supportive care specialist, she has dedicated the last decade to developments in Integrative Oncology, integrating  evidence-based complementary and lifestyle therapies with conventional treatments to provide 'whole person' care. In this...

Professor Robert Thomas is well know for his pioneering work trialling natural agents for use in cancer care and also for his books, including the recent 'How to Live'. Alongside his work as clinical oncologist, he has now been appointed to lead the oncology side of services at the Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine, for which he has some ambitious plans.

Dr Nasha Winters, herself a very long-term survivor of teenage cancer with a dire prognosis, is on a mission to make metabolic treatment of cancer available everywhere. Her rigorous approach to managing cancer is underpinned by her firm opinion that it is only by leaving all protocol-driven methodologies behind and espousing truly personalised care that long term remissions with good quality of life can be consistently delivered.

Professor Eran Ben-Arye has been in the vanguard of developments towards integration in Israel, as well as an influential global spokesperson on Integrative Oncology, through his roles as a Trustee of the Society for Integrative Oncology (SIO) and SIO Regional Ambassador to Europe and the Middle-East. His experience of pioneering integrative services affords him deep insights into the challenges to integration and the most successful strategies for success.

Santhosshi Narayanan MD is deeply involved in the development of Integrative Oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, where she is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Palliative, Rehabilitative and Integrative Medicine. Dr Narayanan explains the services now on offer to those with cancer, the way these interface with conventional oncology services, and the impact that an integrative programme can have on patient experience and outcome....

Surgical Oncologist and Cancer Researcher Dr Emma Davies found herself thrust into the unenviable position of carer for her partner who had been diagnosed with an aggressive stage IV cancer. While always having more than a passing interest in a wider view of healthcare, this development pushed her to take a deep dive into the wealth of resources within Integrative Medicine available to help her wife in these extremely difficult circumstances. What she found has made a world of difference to...

Joshila DeVile has been deeply involved in the exercise revolution that has overturned previous thinking in regards to cancer, and provided patients with a potent tool for self help – one that every patient deserves to be equipped with.

Kiki Marcelou is an experienced pharmacist who decided to broaden her healthcare skills by training in nutrition and homeopathy, enabling her to support patients from the inclusive position of having a foot firmly in both camps.

Passionate about oncology and about the power of integration, Konstantina Stylianou returned to Cyprus from her studies and experience overseas, and has quickly and significantly affected the culture of the hospital where she works, to embrace a more integrative approach.

Dr Lucy Gossage is an NHS Oncologist, but also a highly respected sportswoman, with a trail of prestigious achievements. She has come to appreciate the significant benefits of exercise for those with cancer, particularly when undergoing treatment. Besides encouraging her own patients to engage, she is involved in charity work to bring the good news of the benefits of exercise to many more people with cancer across the UK.

The remarkable success that Gilly Bertram achieved in recovering fully from a life-threatening astrocytoma - through the judicious use of nutritional therapy and other lifestyle approaches alongside her conventional care - led her to train in nutritional therapy and to focus her work on supporting others with cancer. Gilly discusses the role of integrative approaches in relation to conventional care with CANCERTALK hosts Dr Penny Kechagioglou and Robin Daly.

With the spiralling number of people affected by chronic conditions resulting from lifestyle, Health Coaching is becoming an increasingly vital element of Healthcare. Prescribing lifestyle change is simple - adoption of those changes is quite another matter, and specialised support is absolutely essential for most patients. Izabella Natrins, CEO of UKI Health Coaching Association, talks to podcast hosts Senior Oncologist Penny Kehagioglou and Robin Daly about the work of the Association,...

Dr Victor Barley was a Consultant Oncologist and former Lead Clinician of Avon, Somerset and Wiltshire Cancer Services Network. Over a long career he  developed a passion for integration which had its roots in his early experience of the gaps in care within the impersonal, mechanistic model of healthcare that prevailed at that time. Now retired, Dr Barley continues to look for ways to improve the experience of oncology patients by pushing for more patent-led, patient-centric cancer care in...

Dr Robin Youngson trained as an anaesthesiologist in the UK and worked for more than twenty years in New Zealand, becoming an advisor to the NZ government and the World Health Organization on patient safety and strategies for putting people at the centre of healthcare. His passion is re-humanising healthcare and strengthening caring and compassion, and this led him to found the international HEARTS in HEALTHCARE movement, and to write Time to Care, eventually prompting him to leave mainstream...

Chris Lewis is a long-term survivor of cancer who has built a large following on social media through being prepared to 'tell it the way he sees it' about the state of cancer care in the UK and worldwide. He is openly critical of both the NHS and other key players in cancer care when it comes to listening to the needs of patients and building care that meets those needs. In this episode, Chris takes the opportunity to discuss the changes he wants to see with podcast hosts Senior Oncologist Dr...

Professor P G Roy is a highly experienced breast cancer surgeon who considers it extremely important to harness the intention of her patients, and to encourage them to engage in lifestyle interventions that can have a significant impact on their outcomes. While she is realistic about the prospects of the introduction of new lifestyle medicine services into our cash-strapped NHS, she finds that within normal appointments, she is able to effectively signpost to local, affordable resources.

Is chronobiology set to change the way treatment is delivered? Dr Robert Dallmann has been immersed in the science behind circadian rhythms for many years, and in this episode he describes some of the startling discoveries associated with our inner clocks and how much effect taking them into account could have on treatment outcomes.

The British Society for Integrative Oncology (BSIO) is the leading professional organisation for integrative oncology in the UK. Its stated goal is to promote the integration of conventional, nutritional, lifestyle and complementary medicine to improve the lives of people affected by cancer. It is rapidly becoming an established force for change in cancer care, with a growing membership and a range of annual events and services. Podcast host Dr Penny Kechagioglou is Co-chair of the BSIO,...

When breast cancer surgeon Liz O'Riordan was herself diagnosed with breast cancer she was immediately confronted by just how little she understood about the experience of the women she had been treating, and about the devastating impact many of the everyday practices of oncology can have on patients. Now, several years on, and following some extremely debilitating treatment, Liz is passionate about sharing her insights gained from experiencing both sides of the picture of cancer care.

James Kinross is a consultant surgeon at Imperial College London and a senior lecturer in colorectal surgery. He is also an expert in the microbiome, with a particular focus in its role in the success of cancer treatments, both surgical and other. This has led to an interest in diet as the most accessible and direct route to affecting the microbiome.

Dr Stephen Kennedy is an experienced Consultant Oncologist with a 17 year background in the NHS. In parallel he has recently been developing his strong interests in nutrition and lifestyle measures as medicine and precision health, and investigating the wider determinants of health and disease prevention, particularly in cancer. Hosts Dr Penny Kechagioglou and Robin Daly explore Stephen's views on the potential of integration to answer some of the many issues facing cancer care, and to...

In this episode, our guest Aga Kehinde who has a background in nursing as a Cancer Nurse Specialist, has moved into the arena of coaching and wants to bring desperately needed change in oncology through coaching patients in what it means to take charge of and manage their healthcare, and oncology staff in learning an open-hearted and non-hierarchical way of relating to vulnerable patients.