About the Lecture Series
“These are the best lectures anywhere on cancer and integrative oncology. Keep them coming!” -- patient comment
Insights Into Cancer started in 1994 and since then has been delivering monthly lectures for individuals with cancer. The topics range from traditional Western medicine to complementary approaches, mind-body healing and other coping techniques. Some of the topics that have been covered include the following:
"Thank you for providing this lecture series. It is outstanding and so helpful to myself and my family"
- Updates on Cancer:
- Breast Cancer
- Colon and other cancer of the gastrointestinal tract
- Lung Cancer
- Ovary and other gynecological cancers
- Leukemia, lymphoma and other hematologic cancers
- Skin Cancers
- Prostate Cancer
- Emotions and the Immune System
- Meditative Awareness and cancer: Embracing the Moment
- Cancer and the Family
- Cancer Vaccines
- Environmental Exposures and Cancer
- Mind-Body Approaches to Prepare for Surgery
- Sexuality and Cancer
- Menopause and Cancer
- The Rights of the Dying
- Fertility and Pregnancy After Cancer
- Herbal and Natural Compounds in Cancer Therapy
- Fatigue
- Acupuncture and QiGong
- Traditional Chinese Medicine and Cancer
- Lymphedema
- Complementary approaches to Cancer Therapy
- Herbal Medicines for Well-Being
- Mammography and Other Imaging Techniques
- Spirituality and Cancer
Our goal is to provide accurate and reliable information to patients from a variety of perspectives about cancer and the experience of living with cancer, now and beyond. No one should face cancer and its treatments without information based on the current state of knowledge and understanding.
The lectures are delivered by notable people in their fields, many of whom are faculty members at UCLA.
“These are the best lectures anywhere on cancer and integrative oncology. Keep them coming!”
Feel free to join us for one of these lectures and bring your questions for the question and answer time. If you cannot attend, many of the lectures are available on our web site:
Archives: Insights Into Cancer Videos
& Article Summaries.
Insights 2009 Calendar
January 13, 2009
“Chemo Brain” after Cancer Therapy: What is it? What is it Not?
Patricia Ganz, MD & Eve Maremont, MD
February 10, 2009
Cardiovascular Health after Cancer: Challenges and Strategies
Barbara Natterson, MD
March 10, 2009
Finding the Courage to Keep Living after a Cancer Diagnosis
Edward Feinstein
April 21, 2009
PET/CT Cancer Imaging: Cancers Eat a Lot of Sugar
Johannes Czernin, MD
May 12, 2009
John Barstis, MD & Mary Hardy, MD
June 9, 2009
Dr. Zhaoping Li
July 14, 2009
Breast Cancer Treatment in the 21st Century
Olga Olevsky, MD
August 11, 2009
Colon and Other Gastrointestinal Tract Cancers: Treatment Advances
J. Randolph Hecht, MD
September 15, 2009
Christopher Saigal, MD
October 13, 2009
Introduction to Mindfulness for Patients with Cancer and their Caregivers
Diana Winston & Dr. Susan Smalley
November 10, 2009
Lung Cancer 2009: Imaging in Lung Cancer Detection and Treatment
Denise R. Aberle, MD & Martin Allen-Auerbach, MD
December 8, 2009
New Treatment Strategies for Ovarian Cancer offer Hope for a Better Prognosis
Oliver Dorigo, MD, PhD