Bastyr Integrative Oncology Research Center

The Bastyr Integrative Oncology Research Center (BIORC) is an outpatient treatment center delivering naturopathic and traditional Chinese medicine treatments to research participants at all stages of cancer treatment and recovery. The center is part of the Bastyr University Research Institute and includes researchers from Bastyr as well as collaborators from the University of Washington, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. The center is located on Bastyr University's campus in Kenmore, Washington.

Quackwatch includes Bastyr University in its list of "questionable organizations" as a school which is "accredited but not recommended".[1]

The center’s medical director is Leanna J. Standish, PhD, ND, MS, LAc, FABNO, a research professor at Bastyr University. Standish is also a clinical professor at the University of Washington School of Public Health and an affiliate research professor in the UW School of Medicine radiology department.[2]

The center's breast cancer outcomes study is funded by a $3.1 million grant for the study of complementary and integrative care for breast cancer awarded in 2010 from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), part of the National Institutes of Health. The awarding of such NCCAM grants has been criticized by Kimball C Atwood IV, as encouraging "unethical and wasteful research".[3]

BIORC was founded through a grant from Budge Brown and Lorraine Masterson, founders of Cleavage Creek Cellars.[4] Brown established the winery to support breast cancer research in memory of his wife of 48 years, Arlene Brown.

References

  1. ↑ "Questionable Organizations: An Overview". Quackwatch. Retrieved August 2013.
  2. ↑ http://www.bastyr.edu/research/clinical-research-center/integrative-oncology#Medical-Staff
  3. ↑ Atwood IV, Kimball C (2004). "Naturopathy, Pseudoscience, and Medicine: Myths and Fallacies vs Truth". MedGenMed 6 (1).
  4. ↑ Bothell-Kenmore Reporter (8 October 2008) "Bastyr Tackles Cancer with Help from Winemaker"

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