Comprehensive Integrative Cancer Support in Buffalo, New York
OWM Integrative Wellness supports patients that are in the early stages of diagnosis and those that are currently undergoing targeted chemo and radiation therapy.
Our mission is to improve an individual’s resilience, improve or restore mind-body wellness and offer natural targeted therapeutics to weaken cancer cells.
Dr. Leonard Kaplan, DO, is board certified in Physical Medicine and Pain Medicine. He’s trained through A4M (American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine) in Integrative Medicine and is a graduate of a Metabolic Terrain Institute Metabolic Approach to Cancer fellowship.
- Integrative Cancer Therapy and Metabolic Support by OWM offers a comprehensive holistic approach that promotes comprehensive metabolic support, immune and cellular resilience, brain health, and mental well-being optimization.
- We have assembled a comprehensive team of medical professionals, cancer advocate specialists, and integrative nutritional and psychotherapeutic, and yoga
- specialists to support our cancer patients through this challenging journey in the most comprehensive way possible.
Read below to see how our program’s comprehensive holistic approach complements traditional cancer interventions to improve a person’s quality of life and prognosis.
Integrative Cancer Therapy and Support is designed to treat multiple aspects of cancer care, including:
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Brain Fog and fatigue
- Gut health
- Sleep restoration and optimization
- Immune resilience
- Solid tumor size and burden reduction
- Reduction of chemotherapy and radiation-related toxicities and complications
- Improvement of tumor sensitivity to targeted chemotherapy and radiation
Treatment plans are both extensive and comprehensive. The typical program consists of two six weeks of aggressive intervention sessions, followed by a customized maintenance program.
THE EXPERIENCE
Step into a spa-like setting for our comprehensive support of your cancer journey
Intravenous Nutrient and Antioxidant Infusion Support
Often by the time the person is first diagnosed with cancer, they are already nutritionally depleted and are in a weakened state. Essential amino acids, vitamins, and nutrients are combined to help replete and bolster the body. Ingredients include vitamin C, vitamin B, magnesium, zinc, glycine, taurine, proline, glutathione, and vitamin B12. IV Antioxidants such as Alpha Lipoic Acid and Glutathione are administered to reduce inflammation and improve normal cells' ability to fight off chemotherapeutic oxidative stress. These treatments strengthen the individual allowing them to better tolerate the burden of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy.
Targeted Hyperthermia
Targeted hyperthermia has been used successfully in Europe and in select integrative cancer centers in the US to reduce localized solid tumor activity and size. As an example, this treatment can be used to shrink localized breast tumors to allow for a smaller surgical resection.
Mistletoe Therapy: Subcutaneous Injection, Intravenous, and Intra Tumoral.
Mistletoe from the Black Forest region contains two groups of compounds: 1.) Glycoproteins, Polypeptides, Flavonoids, and Triterpenes that both promote tumor cell death and tumor growth inhibition and 2.) Lectins that promote immune reliance and metabolic vitality
High Dose Vitamin C
High Dose Vitamin C is administered intravenously in a range of 25-100 grams. Due to its molecular similarity to a glucose molecule, it is injected into cancer cells that, unlike normal cells, are unable to process the vitamin. This creates cancer cell weakening and the death of the cancer cell.
Nutritional Cancer Targeting Through Ketogenic Diet
Cancer cells require an enormous supply of energy to allow them to grow and spread. This energy is derived from glucose. The ketogenic diet has been shown by Valter Longo to inhibit cancer growth and weaken cancer cells.
Mind-Body
Our team educates our clients on various stress reduction techniques including meditation and breath work. Our Brain Spa service incorporates calming intravenous infusions, virtual guided meditation, and lymphatic drainage compression leg sleeves.
Intravenous Ketamine
Cancer diagnosis carries a heavy mental burden creating a variety of mood disorders including depression, anxiety, and PTSD. IV Ketamine has been shown to reduce these symptoms and improve coping skills. All IV Ketamine treatments are combined with ketamine-assisted psychotherapy.
Naturopathic Medicine
Naturopathic doctor, Dr. Kim Howes has extensive clinical experience in supporting clients with cancer. She utilizes botanical and herbal medicines to help with inflammation reduction, improvement of detoxification pathways, lymphatic drainage, immune support, and more.
Ozone Therapy
Ozone therapy has been shown to improve cellular antioxidant strength, oxygenation, and energy production. As an oxidative therapy, there is also some evidence that it can contribute to inhibiting cancer growth and metabolic activity.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Coming to OWM in 2023.
There is clinical evidence that hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) can both enhance the efficacy of conventional cancer therapy and reduce its side effect burden.