Integrative Cancer Care
KNOW ALL YOUR OPTIONS
A cancer diagnosis is stressful, frightening and overwhelming. Making decisions about treatment during this phase is challenging. Conventional oncologists usually recommend only conventional treatment such as chemotherapy, radiation and surgery, but you may be left wondering, "is there something else that can benefit me?"
Your cancer consultation at the Stram Center will provide you with all your options to help you through the process of making these difficult decisions. If conventional therapy is the right course of treatment, we will inform you. We will also give you insight into other integrative options that can be beneficial both as an adjunct treatment to reduce side effects and as a standalone therapy to combat cancer.
Compassionate Experienced Care
Integrative Medicine practiced at the Center, under the direction of Dr. Ronald Stram brings together experienced providers alongside complementary therapists who are appropriately trained and certified. Our therapists have been selected carefully for their skill and sensitivity in order to provide the highest quality of care to our patients. The emphasis at the Center is our team approach in the care of our patients to provide the most effective treatment, respecting the medical wisdom across disciplines.
Management of the Cancer Patient at the Stram Center, Delmar, NY and Burlington, Vt offices
Treatment plans are developed for the cancer patient with the goal of enhancing conventional cancer therapies (chemotherapy and radiation) and supporting cancer cell death while protecting the health of normal cells and include:
- Review of caloric and diet history;
- Establishing individualized nutrition assessment;
- Dietary plans to optimize energy levels and maintain lean body mass
Comprehensive Labs testing:
Comprehensive blood testing can provide a deeper understanding of each patient’s unique cancer profile. In addition to standard tests like imaging, biopsies, and basic lab work from your oncologist, our testing investigates metabolic, immune, and environmental factors that may influence cancer development and progression. Functional lab work may explore nutrient deficiencies, inflammation, hormonal imbalances, the gut microbiome, or toxin exposures that can affect the body’s terrain. The goal of comprehensive testing is to go beyond the tumor itself and look at the whole person—supporting a more personalized approach to cancer care.
Supplementation Therapies Including High Dose IV Vitamin C, IV Artemesinin, other vitamins, IV Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA), IV Cannabidiol (CBD), Herbs and Botanicals to:
- stimulate and increase immune system function
- encourage cellular repair and regeneration
- accelerate the process of recovery
- provide preventative immune support
- inhibit disease progression
- enhance treatment efficacy
- bolster cancer-fighting capacity
- reduce side effects of conventional treatment
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Cancer:
Cancer thrives in hypoxic (low levels of oxygen) environments and hyperbaric oxygen therapy has been shown to increase these oxygen levels to weaken tumors and reduce their aggressiveness.
Enhance "conventional" cancer therapies and treatments and reduce side effects with hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT)
- better radiation therapy results
- improves chemotherapy outcomes
- reduces radiation therapy side effects
- decreases chemotherapy side effects
- accelerates post-operative healing and prevents infection
Enhance IV Cancer treatments with hyperbaric oxygen Therapy
- increases intravenous vitamin c therapy effects
- enhances chemotherapy uptake
- Reduce Tumor aggressiveness
- Increase natural killer cell activity and function with hyperbaric oxygen therapy
Cancer prevention with hyperbaric oxygen therapy:
- decreases inflammatory markers
- normalizes intracellular oxgyen levels
- stimulates cellular detoxifcation
- reduces risk of pathogenic inflammatory-related tumors
- supports cellular energy processes for optimal DNA repair
Nutrition Counseling
Nutrition is an essential piece of an optimal health plan for anyone battling cancer, or looking to prevent cancer. Current research estimates that between 35% to 60% of cancer cases can be linked back to dietary factors alone. This is more than tobacco, air/water pollution, alcohol, radiation, and medications combined.
We can develop an individualized plan to help minimize treatment side effects, while maximizing the benefits of the treatment. We can develop a nutrition and supplement plan to boost/support the immune system, fight the cancer at the cellular level, and change the very environment that may be fueling the cancer.
Our Special Team Approach To Your Health Care
At the Center, our practitioners have the opportunity to consult with complementary practitioners and medical doctors about your health concerns and the progress you are making. These practitioners are always available to you as well.
We take great pride in our staff’s special team consulting approach to the care of our patients, giving you the best that Integrative Medicine has to offer.
Our Integrative Medicine Approach
Our Integrative Medicine approach practiced at The Center, is based on a more caring practitioner-client partnership which incorporates the best of conventional Western medicine with alternative and complementary therapies resulting in a safer, more natural, whole body approach to stimulate the body’s natural healing potential. Our emphasis is our team approach in the care of our patients to provide the most effective treatment, respecting the medical wisdom across all disciplines.
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Delmar NY office: 518.689.2244; Burlington, VT office: 802.891-3459
Integrative Treatment Options
IV Vitamin C
IV Vitamin C and Cancer Care There is much research regarding the use of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) in cancer therapy. However, most of the research focuses on oral rather than the more effective intravenous (IV) route of administration. IV vitamin C has a significantly greater effect on immune enhancement than the conventional oral route of administration.IV Vitamin C
Cancer Care
Integrative Oncology at the Stram Center The Center offers a wide variety of cancer care treatments — including IV therapy, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, acupuncture, medical massage and clinical nutrition — to combat cancer cells, help boost your immune system, reduce the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation, increase your energy, reduce anxiety and…Cancer Care
IV Therapy for Chronic Illness
Chronic illnesses are on the rise in the US. From chronic Lyme disease, cancers, chronic fatigue, pain and more – patients are attempting to live their best lives while fighting a battle within. A patient’s response to chronic illness is unique – based upon many factors ranging from emotional response to the disease, individual physical symptoms, immune response and the duration of the…IV Therapy for Chronic Illness
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Dedicated to treating the root cause of illness and using the most advanced integrative methods in a safe environment, the Stram Center for Integrative Medicine, under the medical supervision of Dr. Ron Stram, will utilize the benefits of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) to complement and enhance the healing process in both chronic and acute conditions of our patients. You will…Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Acupuncture for Cancer Patients
Acupuncture provides a valuable complimentary therapy for the reduction of the symptoms and stresses of the cancer patient. In addition to its well known effectiveness at reducing many pain syndromes, reducing insomnia and anxiety and moderating digestive complaints, a great deal of research illustrates the importance of acupuncture in the holistic approach to cancer management.Acupuncture for Cancer Patients
Medical Marijuana
The Stram Center is pleased to be able to prescribe medical marijuana to certain populations of patients, meeting required NYS mandated criteria. We believe that medical marijuana will be a good symptom control option for patients not adequately benefiting from conventional pharmaceutical symptom control for the qualifying conditions.Medical Marijuana
Nutritional Counseling
The practitioners at the Center recognize that diet is often the basis for your heath and your potential to heal. Adopting a healthy diet is often the first step towards correcting health problems. Many medical conditions can be treated more effectively when the patient implements specific diets and uses nutritional supplements. These interventions afford fewer complications and side effects than…Nutritional Counseling
Artemisinin for Cancer and Infections
Also known as artesunate, an extraction from the Wormwood plant, and widely known as an effective treatment for malaria, additionally, artemisinin, is known to have anti-cancer, antibacterial, antifungal, antitumor and ant-inflammatory benefits.Artemisinin for Cancer and Infections
CBD (Cannabidiol) Infusions
Cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive compound derived from the cannabis plant and has great potential therapeutic benefits. While oral and topical CBD products are widely known, intravenous (IV) administration is emerging as a method that delivers CBD directly into the bloodstream, potentially enhancing its efficacy.CBD (Cannabidiol) Infusions
