Keith I. Block, M.D.

Integrative Cancer Treatment

Renowned physician, founder of The Block Center for Integrative Cancer Treatment and author, Dr. Keith Block joins the show to discuss his book, "Life Over Cancer" and integrative treatments that are available in the fight against cancer.

Keith I. Block, MD, is an internationally recognized expert in integrative oncology. Dr. Block combines cutting-edge conventional treatment with individualized and scientifically-based complementary and nutraceutical therapies. In 1980, he and his wife Penny Block, PhD, founded the Block Center for Integrative Cancer Treatment in Evanston, Illinois, the first such facility in North America, and the first to introduce Integrative Nutritional Oncology into cancer treatment. He serves as the Center’s Medical and Scientific Director.

The field of integrative oncology was formally recognized by the launching of Integrative Cancer Therapies (ICT). In 2000, Dr. Block was invited by Sage Science Press to be the founding Editor-in-Chief of this peer-reviewed journal, the first medical journal devoted to exploring the research and science behind integrative oncology. In 2007, ICT was accepted by Thomson Scientific for inclusion in the Science Citation Index Expanded™.

Dr. Block is currently Director of Integrative Medical Education at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Integrative Cancer Therapies, the first peer-reviewed medical journal on the subject. Additionally, he is the Scientific Director of the Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and Education, where he has collaborated with colleagues at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Bar Ilan University in Israel. He has also done research in cooperation with the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. In 2005, he was appointed to the National Cancer Institute’s Physician Data Query (PDQ) Cancer CAM Editorial Board, on which he continues to serve today.

Dr. Block has published more than 75 scientific papers and numerous articles relevant to nutritional and integrative oncology. Recent papers were published in Cancer Treatment Reviews 2007, International Journal of Cancer 2008, Molecular Interventions 2008, Journal of National Cancer Institute 2008 and the Breast Journal 2009. He is also the author of Life Over Cancer, published by Bantam Hardcover Books, in April, 2009.

His model of individualized integrative oncology continues to set the standard for the practice of this comprehensive approach to cancer treatment in the U.S.

Life Over Cancer

Bantam Hardcover Books

Dr. David Friedman

9 / 2 / 2010