A Parent's Guide to Childhood Cancer - by Dagmara Beine (Paperback)

About the Book

"Pediatric oncology specialist Dagmara Beine guides readers through the most difficult scenario a parent will ever face--a child's diagnosis of life-threatening disease--and argues that the greatest tragedy of conventional oncology is its failure to incorporate safe, effective, and potentially life-saving integrative therapies. Beine teaches parents how to effectively incorporate these integrative therapies alongside conventional oncology, including surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. Beine's approach is grounded in the metabolic approach to cancer--pioneered by the work of Dr. Nasha Winters--applied to a wildly underserved cancer patient population: children."--

Book Synopsis

"Indispensable . . . Dr. Beine provides a practical primer on integrative cancer therapies for children based on a metabolic framework of understanding the disease. I can't recommend [this book] enough."--Chris Kresser, MS, LAc, founder of Kresser Institute; New York Times bestselling author

An invaluable, revolutionary, research-based resource for parents--grounded in nutrition, detoxification, and mental wellbeing, while aiming to reduce suffering and promote long-term recovery.

"Your child has cancer."

Every day, forty-three American families hear these words, thrusting them headlong into the terrifying and unfamiliar territory of pediatric oncology.

In A Parent's Guide to Childhood Cancer, pediatric oncology specialist Dagmara Beine guides readers through the most difficult scenario a parent will ever face--a child's diagnosis of life-threatening disease--and argues that the greatest tragedy of conventional oncology is its failure to incorporate safe, effective, and potentially life-saving integrative therapies.

In A Parent's Guide to Childhood Cancer, Beine teaches parents how to effectively incorporate these integrative therapies alongside conventional oncology, including surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. Beine's approach is grounded in the metabolic approach to cancer--pioneered by the work of Dr. Nasha Winters--applied to a wildly underserved cancer patient population: children.

Topics include:

• Understanding diagnoses and how to go about seeking a second opinion
• Assembling a medical team that includes both conventional and integrative oncology experts
• Essential tests--both conventional and integrative--and how to interpret them
• How to develop a metabolically healthy, anti-cancer nutrition plan
• Integrative therapies for specific diagnoses and reducing side effects
• How to harness post-treatment detoxification and gut-healing protocols
• The critical importance of, sleep, movement, stress reduction, and time outside
• Plus much more

Therapies covered include:

• Mistletoe
• N-Acetyl Cysteine
• IV Vitamin C
• Cannabinoids
• Glutamine
• Glutathione
• Low-Dose Naltrexone
• Melatonin
• Hyperbaric Oxygen
• And more

With cancer, Beine says, there is no silver bullet. But with a metabolic approach and the wise integration of simple and effective complementary therapies under the supervision of a metabolic oncology practitioner, there is a path forward to what every parent wants for their sons and daughters: a happy childhood.

Review Quotes

"Pediatric cancer is a serious topic that demands clear-eyed and informed guidance. A Parent's Guide to Childhood Cancer delivers both a comprehensive review of what a cancer diagnosis means for a family and an easy-to-follow manual for supporting a child's healing journey. This is the first book to combine conventional and integrative medical approaches to treating pediatric cancer into one powerful resource. A Parent's Guide to Childhood Cancer is practical, empowering, and most of all, inspiring."--Beth Lambert, co-author of A Compromised Generation and Brain Under Attack; founder of Epidemic Answers and Documenting Hope

"A Parent's Guide to Childhood Cancer is a vital integrative cancer guide for parents confronting the challenging reality of a child's cancer diagnosis. Dagmara Beine not only provides practical, easily digestible knowledge and guidance on integrative therapies and approaches but also instills a profound sense of hope and empowerment."--Ivelisse Page, co-founder and executive director of Believe Big Institute of Health

"We're so, so proud of Dagmara Beine for writing the book that needed to be written! Nothing even close to this existed when our son was diagnosed with cancer. Trying to figure out the integrative approach to childhood cancer and pouring through obscure studies definitely earns you the honorary 'momcologist' degree . . . The difference is that Dagmara went on to get an actual degree and to lovingly compile all of the information in one place, making it way easier on you than it was for us. Dagmara Beine has risen to be one of the best in a breathtakingly short amount of time, and we're so lucky to have her in the childhood cancer community."--Ryan and Teddy Sternagel, founders of The Stern Method

"Having a child diagnosed with cancer is a horrific experience for any parent to endure. But it's made even more difficult by the almost complete lack of information and support for pediatric cancer treatments beyond the conventional medical approach. In this indispensable book, Dr. Beine provides a practical primer on integrative cancer therapies for children based on a metabolic framework of understanding the disease. I can't recommend it enough."--Chris Kresser, MS, LAc, founder of Kresser Institute; New York Times bestselling author

"It is imperative that the parents of children with cancer become an instrumental part of their child's health care team. Dagmara Beine has not only created a blueprint for doing this but also for navigating an impaired conventional healthcare system in such a way to include holistic healing modalities, with a lens on individualized treatment plans best suited for their child."--Michelle Perro, MD, DHom, coauthor, What's Making Our Children Sick?; cofounder and CEO, GMOScience

"Thank you, Dagmara Beine for your courage, your knowledge, and your compassion in writing this amazing book. It not only offers hope, but also has the potential to make a difference and even save the lives of our youngest members of the worldwide family of cancer-affected people. A Parent's Guide to Childhood Cancer offers a wealth of knowledge, options, and practical advice for parents, along with a well-balanced respect for the necessity of mainstream treatments in child oncology. This book can help us navigate the artificial boundaries between evidence-based hospital care and experience-based holistic medicine and show that the approaches are not exclusive but complementary. I highly recommend all parents, friends, and medical professionals treating children with cancer to read this book!"--Henning Saupe, MD, author of Holistic Cancer Medicine

About the Author

Dagmara Beine holds a PhD in Integrative Medicine, has over a decade of experience as a certified physician's assistant in Emergency Medicine, and is the founder, CEO, and clinical practitioner at her Wisconsin-based integrative health clinic, Zuza's Way. Motivated by her daughter Zuza's multiple fights against acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and a steadfast belief that there is a better way than what conventional oncology can offer, Beine changed her medical direction from emergency medicine to integrative oncology and developed a holistic, terrain-based approach to treating her patients. She is a graduate of Dr. Nasha Winters's Physician Mastermind program, Dr. Aviva Romm's Women's Integrative and Functional Medicine Certification Program, and the Kresser Institute's ADAPT Functional Medicine Practitioner Certification Program. Dagmara Beine resides with her family in Wisconsin.