Integrative Cancer Therapies
Cancer / Oncology | Complementary & Alternative Medicine (CAM) | Evidence Based Practice
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- Impact Factor: 3.077
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Integrative Cancer Therapies (ICT) is a peer-reviewed open access journal that focuses on a comprehensive model of integrative cancer treatment with an emphasis on scientific understanding of alternative and traditional medicine therapies. Please see the Aims and Scope tab for further information.
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
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This journal changed its publication mode from subscription to open access in 2016.
Integrative Cancer Therapies focuses on a new and growing movement in cancer treatment. Integrative cancer treatment includes therapeutic interventions in the areas of diet, lifestyle, exercise, stress care, and nutritional supplements. The journal emphasizes scientific validation of these therapies and of therapies from culturally diverse medical traditions, such as herbs, massage, yoga and other meditative movement therapies. The responsible integration of integrative therapies with conventional oncology treatment is a major focus of the journal. The use of alternative medical therapies is also explored. In addition, the journal covers innovative therapies in rapidly advancing areas of medicine that may be affected by lifestyle, including circadian biology, the microbiome and immune-based therapies.
The journal presents scientifically rigorous original research, literature reviews, case studies and commentaries on key topics such as:
- Contributions of exercise, diet, mind-body therapies and herbs or other supplements to improved cancer outcomes
- Models for integrating complementary and conventional treatment in clinical practice
- Evaluation of interventions from traditional medicine systems such as traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurveda
- Assessing and improving quality of life for cancer patients
- Enhancing patients’ recovery after cancer treatments
- Investigations of the effect of integrative therapies on side effects of oncology treatments
- Potential interactions of cancer chemotherapy drugs with frequently used dietary supplements
- Relevant laboratory studies of molecular mechanisms and biology behind integrative approaches
The journal includes several special collections on topics such as Exercise and Cancer Treatment, Emerging Integrative Therapies and Cancer and the Microbiome. The full list of Special Collections is available at https://journals.sagepub.com/page/ict/collections/call-for-papers/index. Suggestions for additional special collections in the journal’s area of coverage will be considered by the editorial staff.
This journal will be of particular interest to: integrative physicians, practitioners of clinical specialties frequently used for cancer such as physical therapy, psycho-oncology and nutrition; surgical, medical and radiation oncologists; pharmacists, nurses and dietitians; practitioners of diverse medical systems such as traditional Chinese medicine, naturopathy, chiropractic, Ayurveda and others. Cancer patients seeking information on integrative therapies and administrators of medical facilities that include integrative treatment centers will also find the journal of interest.
| Keith I. Block, MD | University of Illinois at Chicago, Institute for Integrative Cancer Care, USA |
| Penny Block, PhD | Block Center for Integrative Cancer Treatment, USA |
| Bethany Elkington, PhD, OTR/L | The University of Illinois at Chicago, USA |
| Gail Mahady, PhD | University of Illinois, USA |
| Stephen Samuel, MPT, PhD | University of Rochester Medical Center, NY, USA |
| Peying Yang, PhD | MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, USA |
| Charlotte Gyllenhaal, PhD | Institute for Integrative Cancer Care, USA |
| Dale Shumaker, PhD | Block Center for Integrative Cancer Treatment, Skokie IL |
| Jacob Shoham, MD, PhD | Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel |
| Jim Grutsch, PhD | James F Grutsch & Associates, Wilmette, IL, USA |
| Mark Mead, MS | |
| Ralph W. Moss, PhD | Cancer Decisions, USA |
| Daniel Rubin, ND |
| Donald Abrams, MD | University of California, San Francisco, USA |
| Lorenzo Cohen, PhD | M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, USA |
| William Hrushesky, MD | Rhythmalyltics, Inc, West Orange, NJ, USA |
| Wayne Jonas, MD | Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, USA |
| Susan Lutgendorf, PhD | University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA |
| Robert A. Nagourney, MD | Rational Therapeutics Inc, USA |
| Robert Newman, PhD | Phoenix Biotechnology, San Antonio TX, USA |
| Julia Rowland, PhD | Smith Center for Healing and the Arts, USA |
| Andrew Weill, MD | University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA |
| Lise Alschuler, ND, FABNO | TAP Integrative, Green Bay, WI, USA |
| Lynda G. Balneaves, PhD | University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Claudio Battaglini, PhD | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA |
| Eran Ben-Arye, MD | Lin Medical Center, and Technicon-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel |
| Anupam Bishayee, Pharm D, PhD | Larkin Health Sciences Institute, Miami, FL, USA |
| Massimo Bonucci, MD | San Feliciano Hospital, Rome, Italy |
| Amit Budhraja, PhD | St Jude's Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, USA |
| Terence Bugno, MD | Northern Illinois Center for Cancer Care, USA |
| Linda Carlson, PhD | University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Alejandro Chaoul, PhD | M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA |
| Qi Chen, PhD | University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA |
| Misha Cohen, OMD | University of California, San Francisco , USA |
| Nicole Culos-Reed, PhD | University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Natasha Dhawan, MD | Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Dartmouth Cancer Center, Lebanon, NH, USA |
| Yibin Feng, PhD | University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong |
| Michael Foley, PhD | Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, USA |
| Moshe Frenkel, MD | Meir Medical Center, Israel |
| Mei R. Fu, PhD, RN, FAAN | Boston College William F. Connell School of Nursing, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA |
| Uptal Ghosh, PhD | University of Kalyani, India |
| Terry Golombick, PhD, Dipl Nutr | Southern Sydney Haematology, NSW, Australia |
| Catherine Granger, PhD | Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia |
| Suzanne Grant | Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia |
| Reid Hayward | University of Northern Colorado, USA |
| Judith Jacobson, MD | Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, USA |
| Miek Jong | Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden |
| Omer Kucuk, MD | Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA |
| Judith Lacey, MBBS, FRACGP, FAChPM (RACP) | Chris O’Brien Lifehouse Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Camperdown NSW, Australia |
| Elena Ladas, PhD | Columbia University, New York, NY, USA |
| Alexander Lucas, PhD | Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond VA USA |
| Jun J. Mao, MD, MSCE | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA |
| Michael McCulloch, PhD | Pine Street Foundation, San Francisco, CA, USA |
| Dwight McKee, MD | Mederi Foundation, Ashland, OR and Life Plus International, Batesville, AR, USA |
| Mark Myers | Block Center for Integrative Cancer Treatment, USA |
| Palanisamy Nallasamy, PhD | University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA |
| Byeongsang Oh, PhD | University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia |
| Oluwadamilola Olaku | National Cancer Institute, USA |
| Patrizia Pasanisi | Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano, Italy |
| Greg Plotnikoff, MD | Minnesota Personalized Medicine, Minneapolis, MN, USA |
| Pratheeshkumar Poyil, PhD | King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Mark Renneker, MD | University of California, San Francisco, USA |
| Waheed Roomi, PhD | Dr Rath Research Institute, Santa Clara, CA, USA |
| Friedeman Schad, MD | Hospital Havelhoehe, Berlin, German |
| Dugald Seely, ND, MSc | Ottawa Integrative Cancer Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Victor S. Sierpina, MD | University of Texas, Medical Branch at Galveston, USA |
| Judith Smith, PharmD | University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA |
| Leanna Standish, ND | Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA, USA |
| Stephen Sze, PhD | University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong |
| Walter Tsang, MD | Lifestyle Medical, Redlands CA |
| Chin-Kun Wang, PhD | Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung |
| Won-Bo Wang | National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan |
| Raimond Wong, MD | Juravinski Cancer Center, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| Geliang Yang | Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Second Medical Center, Beijing, China |
| Shun-Fa Yang | Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan |
| Xiao-bing Yang, MD, PhD | Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China |
| Hung-Rong Yen, MD, PhD | China Medical University Hospital, Taiwan |
| Hwa Seung Yoo, PhD | Daejon University, Daejon, South Korea |
| Seong Woo Yoon, MD, PhD | Kyung-Hee University, Gangdong, South Korea |
| Pan YuanQing, MD, PhD | Tianjin Vocational and Technical Normal University, Tianjin, China |
| Yingchun Zeng, PhD | Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou, China |
| Xiaoshu Zhu, PhS | Western Sydney University, Australia |
| Mark Blumenthal | Executive Director, American Botanical Council, USA |
| Michael Broffman, LAc | Pine Street Clinic, USA |
| Gar Hildenbrand | Gerson Research Organization, USA |
| Mark Myers, RD | Block Center for Integrative Cancer Treatment, USA |
| Donald R. Yance Jr., CN, MH, AHG | Centre for Natural Healing, USA |
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