Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine

This course covers the fundamentals of nutrition in cancer treatment and prevention. It provides clinicians with a review of the current literature and a scientific basis for the integration of nutrition in the prevention and supportive treatment of cancer.

Subject areas include:

• Current dietary guidelines for cancer prevention
• Nutrition & breast cancer
• Nutrition & colorectal cancer
• Nutrition & prostate cancer
• Nutrition during cancer treatment

Objectives

Nutrition & Cancer students will:

• Define integrative oncology and the role of nutrition in integrative care of the oncology patient.
• Evaluate risks and benefits of nutritional recommendations for cancer prevention, treatment, complications of treatment, and survival through an analysis of the existing scientific and clinical evidence.
• Apply nutritional information to clinical scenarios, advising virtual patients about eating for optimum health, and using dietary change as a therapeutic option.
• Review current literature regarding the relationship of specific food, diets, and bioactive food compounds and cancer risk modification.
• Employ provided resources to keep up with literature involving health-related nutritional recommendations.

Enrollment

You can register and start immediately. You will have 90 days access to the course material. Once your registration is complete, logout and log back in and your course will be listed on the campus page. If you cannot remember your account information, click the Forgot Password link on the login page and it will be emailed to you.

Credits

Physicians

Sponsored by the University of Arizona College of Medicine at the Arizona Health Sciences Center.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine at the Arizona Health Sciences Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine at the Arizona Health Sciences Center designates this Enduring Material activity for a maximum of 10.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.™ Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Released: 4/12/11 for a 2 year period
Expiration date: 4/29/13
Maximum credit hours: 10.0

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Nurses

This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the American Holistic Nurses Association's Education Approver Committee, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's COA.

Approved through January 23, 2014.

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Dietitians

This program has been approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration for 10 CPEUs.

Release date: April 25, 2011 (for a period of 2 years)
Expiration Date: January 31, 2013

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Faculty & Author Disclosures
The following faculty have disclosed that they have no financial interest, arrangement, or affiliation that would constitute a conflict of interest concerning this CME activity. All of the faculty have stated that their presentations do not include discussion of commercial products or devices or unlabeled/investigational drug use.

Tieraona Low Dog, MD
Donald Abrams, MD
Randy Horwitz, MD
Mary Marian, Mary , RD
Cyndi Thomson, PhD, RD
Kathryn K. Hamilton, MA, RD, CSO, CDN
Patricia Thompson, PhD

The following have disclosed that they have a financial interest, arrangement, or affiliation that would constitute a conflict of interest concerning this CME activity.

Andrew Weil, MD:
University of Arizona: Director, Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine; Clinical Professor of Medicine; Professor of Public Health; Lovell-Jones Professor of Integrative Rheumatology (endowed chair)
Weil Foundation (www.weilfoundation.org): Founder and Chairman of the Board
Miraval Resort: Director of Integrative Health
University of New Mexico School of Medicine: Clinical Associate Professor, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Volunteer Faculty
Council on Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Chairman, Dubai Healthcare City, United Arab Emirates

Weil Lifestyle LLC: Member

Licensees: IdeaSphere Inc./Weil Nutritional Supplements, Weil Juvenon, Key Baby/Weil Baby, Lucini Italia Organics, endorsed by Dr. Andrew Weil (olive oils), Origins Natural Resources (one of the Estee Lauder Companies/Dr. Andrew Weil for Origins), Vasyli/Orthaheel/ Dr. Andrew Weil Integrative Footwear, Vita Foods/Weil by Vita Foods, Vital Choice Seafood/Weil for Vital Choice, Weil by Dansk (Lenox Corp.)/Healthy Kitchen Collection

Website (www.drweil.com): Editorial Director

Consultant:
California Walnut Commission
Fungi Perfecti

Ongoing Writing/Broadcasting Commitments:
Oxford University Press, editor, Weil Integrative Library
Prevention Magazine, monthly column "Ask Dr. Weil"
Author of the following books:
Spontaneous Happiness
Why Our Health Matters: A Vision of Medicine that Can Tranform Our Future,
issued in paperback with new content added as You Can?t Afford to Get Sick
Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Guide to Your Physical and Spiritual Well-Being
The Healthy Kitchen: Recipes for a Better Body, Life, and Spirit (with Rosie Daley)
Eating Well for Optimum Health: The Essential Guide to Food, Diet, and Nutrition
8 Weeks to Optimum Health
Spontaneous Healing: How to Discover and Enhance Your Body?s Natural Ability to Maintain and Heal Itself
Natural Health, Natural Medicine: The Complete Guide to Wellness and Self-Care for Optimum Health
Health and Healing: The Philosophy of Integrative Medicine and Optimum Health
From Chocolate to Morphine: Everything You Need to Know About Mind-Altering Drugs (with Winifred Rosen)
The Marriage of Sun and Moon: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Consciousness
The Natural Mind: A Revolutionary Approach to the Drug Problem

Advisory Boards and Committees:
American Botanical Council
American Herbal Pharmacopaeia
American Medical College of Homeopathy
British College of Integrated Medicine/Integrative Health Trust
The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society
Earth Save Foundation
Foundation for Integrative AIDS Research
Herb Research Foundation
Holistic Health Research Foundation of Canada
Institute for Integrative Medicine
Integrative Cancer Therapies
Integrative Medicine Alliance
Integrative Psychiatry (journal, editorial board)
Journal of Science of Healing Outcomes (editorial board)
David and Lura M. Lovell Foundation
National Wellness Coalition
New York Botanical Gardens 2010 Exhibit on Medicinal Plants
The Organic Center
Prevent Cancer Foundation
Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine
Simonton Cancer Center
Steps for Living
Yellow Courtyard

True Food Kitchen restaurants/Good Food LLC, Member

The University of Arizona College of Medicine at the Arizona Health Sciences Center
CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (2011 - 2012) DISCLOSURES

Srikar Adhikari, MD, MS, RDMS, Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine

Helen Amerongen, PhD, Research Assistant Professor and Associate Department Head, Teaching Cell Biology & Anatomy

Edward D. French, PhD, Professor, Pharmacology

Lisa M. Kopp, DO, Assistant Professor, Clinical Pediatrics

John M. Harris Jr., MD, MBA, Director, OCME

Drs. Adhikari, Amerongen, French, Kopp, and Harris have stated that they have no potential conflicts to disclose.

Raymond B. Runyan, PhD, Professor, Cell Biology & Anatomy - Dr. Runyan has stated that he receives Grant/Research Support from Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA

Sammy C Campbell, MD, Medical Director, CME, Professor, Medicine - Dr Campbell has stated that he has served as a consultant for Schering Pharmaceuticals and is on the Speakers' Bureau for Schering Pharmaceuticals and Astra-Zeneca