Integrative Cancer Solutions with Dr. Karlfeldt

What if the last piece of your cancer won't go away because it isn't physical at all?

In this episode of Integrative Cancer Solutions, Dr. K sits down with Dr. Dana Flavin, a pharmacologist, toxicologist, biochemist and physician with 58 semesters of training behind her and more than 30 years of treating cancer patients around the world. Dana never set out to treat anyone. That changed in 1992, when friends in Ireland asked her to help a woman with advanced cervical cancer, no money and no insurance. Six months later the tumor was gone, and Dana has spent the decades since mapping how foods, nutrients, repurposed drugs and emotions each act on cancer biochemistry.

She explains why a single-target drug so often stops working, and how shiitake and maitake mushrooms knock down the same immune-suppressing cells as cimetidine. She covers why a low-methionine, low-sugar, plant-based diet matters, and shares a stage 4 prostate cancer case where PSA dropped from 5,000 to 24.4 in 10 weeks. She also tells the story of a breast cancer patient whose last bit of tumor only cleared after she learned to love herself. If you or someone you love is fighting cancer, or working hard to keep it from coming back, this conversation gives you a lot to take to your care team.

Key Takeaways:

• Why combination cancer therapy works when single-target drugs lead to resistance, from a colon cancer case with liver, lung and lymph metastases
• How shiitake and maitake mushrooms and cimetidine lower myeloid-derived suppressor cells so the immune system can recover
• A plant-based, low-methionine, low-sugar diet for cancer, plus cherries, raspberries and organic food
• Off-label drugs in a stage 4 prostate cancer case: PSA from 5,000 to 24.4 in 10 weeks with itraconazole, ivermectin, mebendazole and low dose naltrexone
• Emotional healing, forgiveness and staying in remission, and why unresolved hurt can bring cancer back

Schedule a Free 15-Min Cancer/Lyme Consultation at The Karlfeldt Center: 208-338-8902

Resources:

CollMed (Dr. Dana Flavin's foundation and book donations) - https://collmed.org/ 

Consultations with Dr. Dana Flavin - https://collmed.org/consultations/ Answers to Cancers (Dr. Flavin's upcoming book) 

Dr. Joe Dispenza - https://drjoedispenza.com/ 

Biogeometry by Dr. Ibrahim Karim Magnetism and Its Effects on the Living System by Albert Roy Davis and Walter C. Rawls 

Medical Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or replace professional medical advice. Always consult your physician or qualified healthcare provider regarding any medical condition or treatment decisions.

What if a blue-green algae could help your cells fight cancer the same way your own immune system does?

In this episode of Integrative Cancer Solutions, Dr. K talks with Catharine Arnston, PhD, founder of ENERGYbits and author of the upcoming book Love Your Health to Bits with Algae. Catharine has spent years researching spirulina and chlorella, and she walks through why she sees cancer as a metabolic disease, one driven by damaged mitochondria, acidic cells, and the glucose that feeds tumor growth, a process known as the Warburg effect.

She breaks down how superoxide dismutase protects your mitochondria from free radical damage, how chlorella clears the toxins that block your cell receptors, and how the blue pigment in spirulina called phycocyanin can trigger cancer cells to self-destruct while leaving healthy cells alone. If you or someone you love is trying to prevent, treat, or recover from cancer, this conversation gives you nutritional tools you can start using today.

Key Takeaways:

• Why cancer is increasingly understood as a metabolic disease driven by the Warburg effect and glucose-fueled cell growth
• How spirulina's superoxide dismutase (SOD) content protects mitochondria from free radical damage as natural SOD levels decline with age
• Chlorella's detoxifying effect on cell receptors, and why clearing out cell-blocking toxins matters for nutrient absorption
• Phycocyanin, the blue pigment unique to spirulina, and its documented anti-angiogenesis effect and role in triggering apoptosis in cancer cells
• Why cutting simple sugars and carbs and increasing movement lowers the glucose available to feed cancer cells, tracked through the glucose ketone index (GKI)

Schedule a Free 15-Min Cancer/Lyme Consultation at The Karlfeldt Center: 208-338-8902

Resources:

ENERGYbits - https://energybits.com (use code ICS for 20% off) 

Love Your Health to Bits with Algae (Catharine Arnston's book, releasing February 2027) - https://energybits.com/pages/book-page?srsltid=AfmBOor5uNjCFGbYu2Pv3yVHIfuJviolpRaJgslOJLXRo1N8Wh8GtDce

Dr. Thomas Seyfried's research on cancer as a metabolic disease 

Medical Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or replace professional medical advice. Always consult your physician or qualified healthcare provider regarding any medical condition or treatment decisions.

A top pathologist looked at Elina Fuhrman's cancer diagnosis and gave her four words that had nothing to do with a treatment plan: change your life.

In this episode of Integrative Cancer Solutions, Dr. K sits down with Elina Fuhrman, a former CNN journalist and founder of Soupalina, to talk about the breast cancer diagnosis that upended a life she thought was already good. Elina found a lump in the shower at 40, was told in the middle of her own biopsy that it didn't look good, and within days was facing pressure to schedule surgery the next morning. Looking for a second opinion, she found something she wasn't expecting: a pathologist who told her the numbers on her chart were only half the story.This conversation covers why Elina chose a lumpectomy, stopped radiation partway through, and refused chemotherapy altogether, and the years of digging that followed to find what she calls her own tipping point: toxic burden, unresolved trauma, and years of running on three hours of sleep a night. She explains how that search became Soupalina, first a set of healing soups she made for her own recovery, and now a service where she spends days inside a client's home turning it into what she calls a healing sanctuary. If you or someone you love is trying to figure out what actually needs to change after a cancer diagnosis, this episode is a place to start.

Key Takeaways:

0:00 Introduction 
3:44 Escaping the Soviet Union with only $61 and no plan 
11:00 Finding a lump in the shower and knowing immediately 
13:00 Told "it's not looking good at all" during her own biopsy 
19:00 A top pathologist's real answer: change your life 
21:45 The hidden causes behind her cancer: toxic burden, trauma and three hours of sleep a night 
25:51 Turning a client's home into a healing sanctuary 
30:16 Lumpectomy, stopping radiation halfway through and refusing chemo 

Schedule a Free 15-Min Cancer/Lyme Consultation at The Karlfeldt Center: 208-338-8902

Resources:

Soupelina - https://soupelina.com 

Medical Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or replace professional medical advice. Always consult your physician or qualified healthcare provider regarding any medical condition or treatment decisions.

Did you know only one type of doctor is legally allowed to treat your cancer, and everyone else is working around a loophole to help you anyway?

In this episode of Integrative Cancer Solutions, Dr. K sits down with Robert Carrillo, chief safety officer at CancerDoctor.com, to unpack what most patients never learn about how the cancer care system actually works. Robert explains why oncologists are bound by NCCN guidelines and insurance rules that leave little room for anything outside conventional chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery, and why that leaves patients to build their own care team if they want more options on the table.

The conversation covers how to vet an integrative provider, why you need to take personal ownership of your own medical records, and why the "tool bag" available to integrative doctors is more than ten times the size of what conventional oncology alone can offer. If you or someone you love is facing a cancer diagnosis and trying to figure out who to trust and what questions to ask, this episode is a practical roadmap.

Key Takeaways:

0:00 Introduction

1:04 A cancer diagnosis in the family sparks a search for real answers

6:00 Doctors work in probabilities and ranges, not certainties

14:21 The legal loophole behind who can actually treat your cancer

19:10 Why your oncologist cannot discuss options outside standard of care

24:48 Cancer is over 100 diseases, and subspecialties matter

28:00 The integrative tool bag holds over 20 options conventional care does not

31:02 Why the best outcomes come from combining both worlds 

Schedule a Free 15-Min Cancer/Lyme Consultation at The Karlfeldt Center: 208-338-8902

Resources:

Cancer Doctor - https://www.cancerdoctor.com/

National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) - https://www.nccn.org/ 

Medical Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or replace professional medical advice. Always consult your physician or qualified healthcare provider regarding any medical condition or treatment decisions.

What if everything men are told about a prostate cancer diagnosis, biopsy first, surgery next, is built on evidence that was never actually there?

In this episode of Integrative Cancer Solutions, Dr. K sits down with Dr. Stephen Petteruti, board certified family physician and author of Fight Cancer Like a Man, to break down the 2023 New England Journal of Medicine study that found no survival difference between surgery, radiation, and doing nothing at all for early stage prostate cancer. Dr. Petteruti explains why he stopped recommending biopsies, how a needle can spread the very cancer it's meant to detect, and why watching PSA and MRI trends over time is often safer than rushing into treatment. He also covers the overlooked role of testosterone in prostate cancer care, including bipolar androgen therapy, and makes the case for tracking the disease like a chronic condition instead of chasing a cure that costs a man his vitality.

If you or someone you love is facing a prostate cancer diagnosis, or just navigating an elevated PSA, this conversation lays out the questions worth asking before agreeing to anything.

Key Takeaways:

0:00 Introduction

2:33 The prostate trial that shattered the surgery-first model

5:19 Why a biopsy can spread the very cancer it's meant to find

8:23 Castration's hidden cost on testosterone and quality of life

17:12 Tracking prostate cancer with MRI and PSA instead of biopsy

21:58 Repurposed drugs and why DIY protocols backfire

38:10 BAM therapy: using testosterone as a weapon against advanced cancer 

Schedule a Free 15-Min Cancer/Lyme Consultation at The Karlfeldt Center: 208-338-8902

Resources:

Fight Cancer Like a Man (book) - https://www.intellectualmedicine.com/dr-stephen-petteruti-books

Intellectual Medicine, Dr. Petteruti's practice - https://www.intellectualmedicine.com/

The Prostate Protocol - https://assets.ctfassets.net/psmhuxrqomif/4iFYGN6rh0cloFTQyxdit9/a2c3e8e20e335df0ad22f70ca0e0af48/the-prostate-protocol-pdf.pdf

ProtecT Trial, New England Journal of Medicine, 2023 - https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2214122

Johns Hopkins Bipolar Androgen Therapy Research - https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/articles/2023/12/bipolar-androgen-therapy-trials-under-way 

Medical Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or replace professional medical advice. Always consult your physician or qualified healthcare provider regarding any medical condition or treatment decisions.

What if the same molecule that earned three scientists a Nobel Prize could also protect your healthy cells while cancer treatment targets the sick ones?

In this episode of Integrative Cancer Solutions, Dr. K sits down with Chris Burres, carbon nanomaterial engineer and co-founder of MyVitalC, to unpack the science behind ESS60, a purified form of the Nobel Prize winning C60 molecule. Chris walks through the peer reviewed research showing ESS60 extended lifespan in animal studies by 90 percent with zero tumor growth, and explains the Boss Theory, the idea that this molecule buffers oxidative stress inside the mitochondria, the same stress that drives inflammation, fatigue and cellular breakdown.

The conversation covers what a selective antioxidant does differently during chemotherapy, why HSCRP, a key inflammation marker, matters for cancer patients, and the four clinical trials now underway, including one focused specifically on inflammation. If you are looking for research backed ways to support your mitochondria and lower oxidative stress during treatment or recovery, this episode lays out the science in plain language.

Key Takeaways:

0:00 Introduction

2:06 How a Nobel Prize winning molecule became a daily supplement

8:07 Wistar rats lived 90% longer with zero tumors

9:52 ESS60 increases cancer cell death while protecting healthy cells

19:44 The Boss Theory: how ESS60 buffers oxidative stress in the mitochondria

28:43 Four clinical trials underway, from headaches to HSCRP

32:45 Safety, drug interactions and real world dosage

35:53 One drop, 400 times more molecules than cells in your body

Schedule a Free 15-Min Cancer/Lyme Consultation at The Karlfeldt Center: 208-338-8902

Resources:

MyVitalC (Dr. K's audience link, biohacking guide + discount) - https://www.myvitalc.com/drk

Live Longer and Better by Chris Burres - https://a.co/d/05Vn4h3H

Operation Underground Railroad - https://www.ourrescue.org 

Medical Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or replace professional medical advice. Always consult your physician or qualified healthcare provider regarding any medical condition or treatment decisions.

What if cancer isn't just about mutated cells, but about a garden that's gone untended for years?

In this episode of Integrative Cancer Solutions, Dr. K sits down with Dr. Yi Song, a pathologist trained at Brown University who comes from generations of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, to talk about why she walked away from conventional cancer research and built a practice around treating the root cause instead of chasing symptoms. They cover why standard lab work often misses what's actually happening inside the body, the six principles behind her book The Regeneration Effect: Sacred Wisdom for Staying Young, and why she believes stem cell therapy works best as early prevention rather than a last resort.

The conversation moves between hard science and ancient wisdom, from oxidative stress and DNA damage to meridians, natural rhythm, and the kidney's role as the body's energetic reserve. If you're curious about a different way to think about aging, chronic disease, and what healing actually requires, this one is worth the full listen.

Key Takeaways:

0:00 Introduction

1:15 From generations of Chinese medicine to a pathology PhD at Brown

6:21 Why pathology treats symptoms instead of the root cause of cancer

9:49 What disease really means before your labs ever catch it

13:29 Western medicine digs the well after the fire has already started

22:05 The six principles behind The Regeneration Effect

35:22 Stem cells as firewood for your body's aging fire

38:21 Cancer as the best gift: your garden full of weeds 

Schedule a Free 15-Min Cancer/Lyme Consultation at The Karlfeldt Center: 208-338-8902

Resources:

The Regeneration Effect: Sacred Wisdom for Staying Young (pre-order) - https://book.regenerationeffect.com

Free e-book, Tending Your Body Like a Garden - https://gift.regenerationeffect.com 

Medical Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or replace professional medical advice. Always consult your physician or qualified healthcare provider regarding any medical condition or treatment decisions.

A cancer diagnosis doesn't end when treatment does. For many patients, the hardest part starts after chemo or radiation, when the immune system is depleted, digestion is disrupted, and no one is offering a roadmap for what comes next.

In this episode of Integrative Cancer Solutions, Dr. K sits down with Brett Aldrich, Ayurveda Counselor, Breathwork Practitioner, and founder of Seed the Spirit, to explore how a 5,000-year-old healing system fits alongside modern cancer care. Brett breaks down the five elements that shape your unique constitution, how Ayurveda defines disease long before a diagnosis appears, and why the doshas offer a completely different lens for understanding cancer itself. The conversation moves into practical tools you can actually use, marma point massage, Yoga Nidra, and breathwork, all designed to rebuild the immune and digestive systems while supporting emotional recovery. If you or someone you love is in treatment, in remission, or years past a diagnosis and still searching for what comes next, this episode offers grounded, non-prescriptive tools to work with, not against, your medical care.

Key Takeaways:

0:00 Introduction

0:19 What Ayurvedic medicine actually is: the five elements and your constitution

4:49 How Ayurveda defines disease before it becomes a diagnosis

9:32 Reading the body through pulse, tongue, and skin

15:44 How cancer is understood in Ayurveda through the three doshas

22:44 Rebuilding immune strength with marma point massage and touch

26:39 Yoga Nidra and visualization as tools for healing

29:07 Breathwork: the simplest place to start

Schedule a Free 15-Min Cancer/Lyme Consultation at The Karlfeldt Center: 208-338-8902

Resources:

Seed the Spirit - https://seedthespirit.com/workshops-classes/ 

Dr. Vasant Lad, Ayurvedic Physician and Author - https://www.banyanbotanicals.com/

Medical Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or replace professional medical advice. Always consult your physician or qualified healthcare provider regarding any medical condition or treatment decisions.

Your immune system already knows how to find and destroy cancer cells. The question is whether it's been given what it needs to do the job.

In this episode of Integrative Cancer Solutions, Dr. K sits down with Dr. Jocelyn Strand to dig into one of the most underutilized tools in cancer support: beta-glucan. They break down how the immune system actually identifies and clears cancer, why your innate immunity is far more trainable than anyone told you in medical school, and how a specific molecule from yeast cell walls has receptors waiting for it on your immune cells by design. Dr. Strand walks through the science of trained immunity, epigenetic changes triggered at the cellular level, and why beta-glucan may double the effectiveness of immunotherapy in treatment-resistant patients. Whether you're in active treatment, in recovery, or simply trying to stay ahead of cancer, this conversation will change how you think about what your immune system is actually capable of.

Key Takeaways:

0:00 Introduction

1:29 The immune system is your body's operating system, not just cold and flu defense

3:47 Innate vs. adaptive immunity and how cancer gets identified and cleared

7:09 We have receptors designed specifically for beta-glucan and that changes everything

9:08 Beta-glucan calls the immune system back to what it already knows how to do

13:24 The best doctor you have is already inside you

16:07 Chemo suppresses the immune system you need most for recovery and recurrence prevention

30:35 Beta-glucan doubles immunotherapy efficacy in treatment-resistant patients

37:33 12 weeks of beta-glucan reversed biological aging in 7 of 11 body systems 

Schedule a Free 15-Min Cancer/Lyme Consultation at The Karlfeldt Center: 208-338-8902

Resources:

Better Way Health 85 Beta-Glucan — https://secure.betterwayhealth.com/pages/mcf-500-af-sub-c?oid=7&affid=246

TruDiagnostic — https://www.trudiagnostic.com 

Medical Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or replace professional medical advice. Always consult your physician or qualified healthcare provider regarding any medical condition or treatment decisions.

What does it actually look like when a doctor refuses to give up on a patient, even when the statistics say there's nothing left to do?

In this episode of Integrative Cancer Solutions, Dr. K sits down with Dr. William Nelson, NMD, a naturopathic oncologist with nearly 30 years in practice, to walk through the tools and thinking behind some of his most remarkable patient outcomes. From a stage 4 colon cancer case with an inoperable tumor and mets to the liver and lung who now has no evidence of disease, to the science behind mistletoe fever induction and regional hyperthermia, this conversation goes deep into what integrative cancer care can do when it's done right. Dr. Nelson also breaks down the real difference between naturopathic medicine and functional medicine, why chemotherapy alone can never finish the job, and how he uses mistletoe not as a replacement for conventional care but as the immune reset that makes everything else work better.

If you or someone you love is navigating a cancer diagnosis and wondering whether there's more to the picture than surgery, chemo, and radiation, this episode is worth your full attention.

Key Takeaways:

0:00 Introduction

1:12 Naturopathic oncology treats the whole patient not just the tumor

6:06 Naturopathic medicine vs functional medicine

10:07 Why more supplements is not better in cancer care

13:00 Patients hiding integrative care from their oncologist

15:46 Stage 4 colon cancer with no evidence of disease

19:04 Mistletoe fever induction for advanced cancer

25:07 Hyperthermia delivers 1500% more chemo without more toxicity

29:44 Mistletoe as immune modulator not just cancer killer

33:11 How mistletoe teaches the immune system to recognize cancer

36:22 Mistletoe used safely alongside immunotherapy

38:48 Believe Big offers financial support for mistletoe treatment 

Schedule a Free 15-Min Cancer/Lyme Consultation at The Karlfeldt Center: 208-338-8902

Resources:

Believe Big — https://www.believebig.org

Johns Hopkins Medicine — https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org 

Medical Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or replace professional medical advice. Always consult your physician or qualified healthcare provider regarding any medical condition or treatment decisions.