Nursing specialist Anita Hubmann works at the Center for Integrative Oncology Lake Zurich in Richterswil. With the support of the association, she trained in the area of advance health planning. This enables her to advise people on drawing up a living will.
From April 1, 2025, the ZIO Uster will offer holistic cancer treatment with innovative therapies and complementary services. Experienced specialists will accompany patients in modern, barrier-free rooms. Visit us at the open day on May 10, 2025!
The Center for Integrative Oncology (ZIO) Lake Zurich offers holistic care for cancer patients. Conventional medical therapies are combined with complementary approaches such as mistletoe therapy and psycho-oncological counseling. The aim is to provide individual, patient-centered treatment for the best possible quality of life.
The Center for Integrative Oncology in Richterswil combines classical and complementary medicine. An interview with Medical Director Dr. Michael Decker.
Our Center for Integrative Oncology in Glarus has been in existence since 2015 and has been in the newly renovated practice premises at Schweizerhofstrasse 1 opposite the train station in Glarus since mid-August.
Spontaneous healing of tumors is extremely rare. But they do exist. Oncologists are using a database to try to understand them. For example, the case of Erika Hauser (82) from Zurich.
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How heat can help
Cancer therapy can be supported with many accompanying measures. At the Center for Integrative Oncology, for example, through "hyperthermia". This therapy works with heat and helps to improve the effect of basic cancer treatment.
There is nothing worse than unclear communication and waiting for a diagnosis
Michael Decker is an advocate of holistic medicine, which is why he works at the Center for Integrative Oncology in Richterswil. There he combines classical and complementary therapies. He is not afraid to speak plainly, nor to broach the subject of death.
Center for Integrative Oncology Richterswil - we are there for you in a prime location in Richterswil
Our outpatient services (consultation hours and day clinic, psycho-oncology) at the Center for Integrative Oncology will continue to be fully available to our patients following the closure of the Paracelsus Hospital in Richterswil.
Treatments will be continued by the same team of doctors and nurses from 4.1.21 at the new location in the "Chrummbächli" Medical Center in Richterswil.
"Fortunately, we have come through the crisis very well so far"
During the Covid-19 pandemic, no one has to go without treatment at the Center for Integrative Oncology ZIO. The specialists at the ZIO continue to be there for all patients and support them in particular in strengthening their own resources. This is more important now than ever.
Oncology includes psychological support
Being diagnosed with cancer is a profound experience. The term "cancer" alone triggers an incredible number of feelings, countless questions arise, one thought follows the next - for the patient themselves and also for their relatives and loved ones. How can you deal with this situation? How to maintain confidence? How to ensure that fears don't block everything?
Celebrating life
On Saturday, May 11, 2019, clients, relatives and loved ones celebrated the third anniversary of the ZIO Zurich together with the specialists from the Center for Integrative Oncology. But above all, they celebrated life. And that could be heard, smelled and felt.
Keeping your hair - despite chemotherapy
In order to prevent hair loss during chemotherapy, patients can have their scalp cooled during the infusion.anyone undergoing chemotherapy may lose all their hair. This may seem like a relatively "minor" problem at first glance. But those who experience such a phase often report great restrictions and suffering. The mere fact of being recognized in public as a cancer patient can be unpleasant and painful. But for those affected themselves, the missing hair can also become an omnipresent symbol of illness.