When you or your loved one is given the diagnosis of a cancer, we know that it feels like your world has fallen to pieces. We are here to provide a positive and self-empowering way to help you put those pieces back together. Below are the "pieces" of care that CICC will offer you.
Prevention CICC believes that the first step in cancer awareness and treatment is prevention. If you know someone who has been affected by cancer, you already know the value of prevention to help avoid all of the challenges that come from dealing with the cancer process. If you have already been diagnosed with cancer, you undoubtedly want to prevent recurrence or metastasis. We can help.
Integration Working with any health care condition can benefit immensely from the careful integration of your health care choices. Our team at CICC will make sure that you are aware of any possible benefits or contraindications of combining therapies in your integrative care. You can be comfortable and confident in knowing that your health care team is working together to create a plan that is suited for your ideal integrative experience.
Education Our team at CICC is dedicated to educating you about your specific health care concerns. We are a team of professionals that is continuously working to increase your awareness of your current and/or recommended treatment options. We are here to help clarify any questions that you may have about your symptoms, plan of care, and any ongoing health concerns. The CICC team is also committed to personal continuing education to continuously expand and improve our own knowledge base. This allows us to provide you with quality care that incorporates current research trends and awarenesses as we know them.
Choice The CICC encourages you to choose the treatment options that you feel are best for your care once you have a good foundation of knowledge of available treatment choices for your specific needs. Whether you have chosen to work with chemotherapy, radiation, biological therapies, and/or medications combined with the complementary therapies offered at CICC, or whether you have chosen to work with only Complementary Medicine, we encourage your choice in your health care. We are here to educate, support and guide your healthcare choices as you require these from us.
Empowerment It is part of our mission is to empower you in your health care choices. To help you sift through the numerous health care choices available to patients today. To make sense of the information, make informed decisions for your care and to help you focus on the most important aspects of your personal health regime. With a team of professionals ready to assist you in your journey, we intend to help you feel empowered through this process and confident about your health care direction.
Safety Most importantly, at CICC we strive to ensure your safety. Through our team's clear and honest communication, you will learn that your safety with the use of integrative medicine is our fundamental priority. Since some complementary treatments are safe to use in conjunction with conventional therapies and others are contraindicated to use with other therapies, our goal is to make sure you understand that you are working with a team of healthcare practitoners that strives to understand your safety first, and make recommendations/treat you only after understanding your unique needs.
