Integrative cancer support

​​​​Cancer support at Nutrigen Paris is designed to work alongside, never in place of, conventional oncology care. Recommendations are personalised according to the individual’s diagnosis, treatment, health status and needs, with particular attention to safety, potential interactions and situations requiring medical referral.

 

The proposed protocol is always shared with the treating doctor or oncology team for review and approval before implementation. This collaborative approach helps ensure that nutrition, lifestyle and supplement recommendations remain aligned with conventional treatment and the patient’s overall medical care.

 

Nutrigen Paris has undertaken specialist training in integrative cancer support, with a strong emphasis on evidence-based practice, treatment safety, recognition of clinical red flags and the appropriate scope of nutritional therapy.

 

Cancer Risk Reduction

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Nutrition, physical activity and other lifestyle factors can play an important role in cancer prevention and long-term health. Evidence-informed strategies are tailored to individual health, lifestyle and relevant risk factors, with a focus on addressing modifiable factors associated with cancer risk and supporting overall health.

 

Support During Cancer Treatment

 

Cancer and its treatment can place considerable physical and emotional demands on the body. Personalised strategies aim to support nutritional status, help manage treatment-related side effects, maintain physical and emotional resilience and support quality of life throughout treatment.

 

Recommendations may include nutrition, appropriate physical activity, lifestyle strategies and targeted supplementation where relevant.

 

Particular attention is given to the safety and appropriateness of supplements and complementary interventions, with potential interactions with medications and oncology treatments carefully reviewed.

 

Recovery, Survivorship & Recurrence Risk

 

Support can continue after active treatment has finished. A personalised programme can help promote recovery and long-term wellbeing while addressing modifiable nutrition and lifestyle factors associated with recurrence risk.

 

The aim is to support sustainable changes that contribute to overall health and quality of life beyond active treatment.

 

Advanced & Metastatic Cancer

 

Advanced or metastatic cancer requires specific consideration. Recommendations are adapted to the individual’s clinical situation, symptoms, priorities and evolving needs, with an emphasis on maintaining nutritional status, function and quality of life.

 

Particular considerations are also taken into account for people receiving complex treatment regimens or participating in clinical trials.

 

Specialist Training in Integrative Cancer Support

 

Maryam @ Nutrigen Paris has undertaken specialist training in the Systems Approach to Cancer® Programme for Nutrition Professionals, developed and taught by Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel.

 

Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel is an integrative medicine physician, scientist and educator specialising in integrative oncology. She trained in Medicine and Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge and subsequently completed an MSc in Precision Cancer Medicine and a Postgraduate Diploma in Health Research at the University of Oxford, both with Distinction. She is the founder and Director of Synthesis Clinic, a UK practice specialising in personalised and integrative cancer care.

 

Drawing on her medical and scientific training and experience in integrative healthcare, Dr Fuller-Shavel developed the Systems Approach to Cancer®, a whole-person framework designed to complement conventional cancer care.

 

The programme for nutrition professionals provides specialist training in cancer biology, conventional oncology treatments and their side effects, evidence-based nutrition and lifestyle strategies, treatment safety, clinical red flags, recovery and resilience, cancer risk reduction, metastatic disease and multidisciplinary working.

 

This specialist training informs Nutrigen Paris’ evidence-based, safety-focused and collaborative approach to supporting people affected by cancer.