Integrative medicine · Oncology

Dr Taufiq Binjemain

Integrative medical practitioner with a special interest in integrative oncology.

MBChB (Leeds) · MRCS (Edin) · MRCGP (UK) · CCFP (Canada) · FRACGP
25years in medicine
20+conference talks since 2017
9countries presented in
Full conference ballroom in Jakarta during Dr Binjemain's talk, with his slides on the screens
7th IVRA International Hyperthermia Medical Conference, Jakarta, December 2024.
CANGuangzhou 2017
KIXOsaka 2017, 2019
MELMelbourne 2017–2026
WLGWellington 2018
SYDSydney 2022–2023
STRStuttgart 2023 · talk, moderator
MAAChennai 2024
KULShah Alam 2024
CGKJakarta 2024
ICNSeoul 2025, 2026
Approach

Find the causes, treat the whole person, work alongside the oncology team

Dr Binjemain has practised medicine for 25 years, first in surgery, emergency medicine and intensive care, then in family medicine across three countries. That breadth shapes how he works with cancer today.

Every patient is different. He looks for what is driving each person's illness, from genetics and metabolism to nutrition, toxic exposures, hormones and psychological load, and uses detailed testing to measure them. Treatment then addresses each of those drivers, so the benefit lasts.

Integrative care here runs alongside conventional treatment, never instead of it. He works with patients' specialists and oncologists, adds evidence-based supportive therapies, and puts education at the centre so that patients understand their own results and decisions.

Be informed. Be empowered. Be well.

Clinical interests

  • Integrative oncology alongside standard careSupportive cancer therapies, metabolic approaches
  • HyperthermiaLocal, regional and whole-body, alongside chemotherapy and radiotherapy
  • RGCC test interpretationCirculating tumour cells and chemosensitivity profiling. Trained at RGCC conferences in Zug (2019) and Zurich (2023) and workshops and seminars in Melbourne (2016, 2020) and Brisbane (2019), with a visit to the RGCC laboratories in Greece (2019)
  • Intravenous nutrient therapies
  • Cancer biologyStem cells, metabolism, the tumour microenvironment
  • Chronic illnessAutoimmune disease, chronic fatigue, mould and heavy-metal toxicity, hormonal imbalance
  • Skin cancer detection and surgery
Speaking

Teaching doctors how cancer works, and what can be done alongside standard treatment

Invited talks at integrative medicine and oncology conferences in Asia-Pacific and Europe since 2017: cancer stem cells and metabolism, hyperthermia, and real clinical cases.

On stage in Jakarta with the title slide What is Cancer

What is Cancer?

7th IVRA Conference · Jakarta, Indonesia · 2024

At the lectern under the title slide Case Studies Cancer

Case Studies: Cancer

ACIIDS Conference · Sydney, Australia · 2023

At the podium beside the slide What is Cancer

What is Cancer?

PRISM Academy, 1st ICIM · Chennai, India · 2024

Title slide An Integrative Approach to Cancer Management with audience

An Integrative Approach to Cancer Management

4th MAAFIM Conference · Shah Alam, Malaysia · 2024

Title slide Cancer Stem Cells and Potential Therapies in Osaka

Cancer Stem Cells and Potential Therapies

Integrative Oncology Conference · Osaka, Japan · 2017

On the Integrative Cancer Care panel at the NIIM symposium

Panel: Integrative Cancer Care

11th NIIM Annual Symposium · Melbourne, Australia · 2026

Presenting the slide What is Cancer on stage at WOCOIO, Stuttgart

What is Cancer? The trophoblastic microenvironment theory

Private presentation to integrative doctors · WOCOIO, Stuttgart, Germany · 2023

With integrative doctors from eight countries after the presentation at WOCOIO

Integrative doctors from eight countries

USA, Australia, Brazil, Russia, Azerbaijan, South Korea, UK and Germany · WOCOIO, Stuttgart · 2023

At the podium in Osaka

Rethinking the Biology of Cancer

Integrative Medicine Meeting · Osaka, Japan · 2019

Presenting in Guangzhou with a microphone and slide clicker

Cancer Stem Cells and Potential Therapies

2nd SPDT4Life International Symposium: Holistic Anti-Cancer Therapies · Guangzhou, China · 2017

With fellow speakers under the welcome sign for the 2nd SPDT 4 LIFE International Symposium

With fellow speakers

2nd SPDT4Life International Symposium · Guangzhou, China · 2017

At the ACNEM Medicinal Cannabis Masterclass with the title slide on screenFacilitator · 2020

Medicinal Cannabis Masterclass: Cannabidiol, THC and Clinical Applications

ACNEM · Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Australia · 2020

Focused training

Three areas of sustained further training

Alongside the conference record, three areas where he has built up training over several years.

11entries

Integrative oncology

Hands-on hyperthermia training and visits to integrative cancer hospitals, clinics and a hyperthermia facility in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Japan, South Korea and India, alongside teaching other doctors since 2017.

  1. Sep 2018Hyperthermia training with Dr Hüseyin SahinbasPresident of the German Society for Hyperthermia · Bochum
  2. Sep 2018Heckel whole-body hyperthermia trainingEsslingen, Germany
  3. Sep 2018Integrative cancer clinic visitsFachklinik Dr Herzog, Klinik Öschelbronn and Dr Reinhard Probst, Munich (Germany); Dr Boris Hübenthal (ZIO) and Dr Giryes, Zurich; Dr Maurice Orange, Klinik Arlesheim, near Basel (Switzerland)
  4. Sep 2018Helixor Integrative Medicine Meeting: Cancer (mistletoe therapy)Rosenfeld, Germany
  5. Sep 2023World Congress of Integrative Oncology MODERATORSession moderator and private presentation · Filderklinik tour · Stuttgart
  6. Sep 2023Andromedic Srl hyperthermia facilityWith Dr Salvatore Conte, Founder and Scientific Director · Velletri, near Rome, Italy
  7. Feb 2024Hasumi Immune Clinic, TokyoLearnt about their intratumoral dendritic cell injection, immunotherapy and personalised autologous cancer vaccines
  8. Jun 2024BioMed Hospital, with Dr ParkIntegrative cancer hospital and hyperthermia centre · South Korea
  9. Jun 2025OnCare and Amirang clinicsDr Lee and Dr Kim · Namyangju and Suwon, South Korea
  10. Jul 2026Art of Healing Cancer, India SPEAKERClinic visit and podcast series with the founding and clinical team
  11. 2017–2026Speaker at 20+ integrative oncology meetings SPEAKERNine countries · see the full record below
6entries

RGCC testing

Circulating tumour cell and chemosensitivity reports. Five RGCC education events since 2016, including a seminar and a conference with RGCC medical director Dr Ioannis Papasotiriou, and a visit to the RGCC laboratories in Greece.

  1. Nov 2016NutriPATH RGCC pre-symposium workshopCirculating tumour cells and chemosensitivity profiling; learnt about RGCC’s SOT · Melbourne
  2. Mar 2019NutriPATH seminar with Dr Ioannis PapasotiriouCirculating tumour cells: diagnostic use and clinical utility · Brisbane
  3. Jun 2019RGCC ConferenceZug, Switzerland
  4. Jun 2019Visit to the RGCC laboratoriesMet the molecular biologists and laboratory team; learnt about their personalised autologous cancer vaccines · Florina, Greece
  5. Feb 2020RGCC workshop, co-hosted by NutriPATHSpeaker: Dr Hüseyin Sahinbas · Melbourne
  6. Sep 2023RGCC International ConferenceHosted by Dr Ioannis Papasotiriou · Zurich, Switzerland
4entries

Medicinal cannabis

Training in Australia and Canada since 2018, and teaching other doctors as a workshop facilitator and speaker.

  1. May 2018Medical Cannabis Workshop for DoctorsMelbourne
  2. Aug 2019Spectrum Academy Masterclass in Medicinal CannabisOttawa, Canada
  3. Feb 2020Workshop facilitator, ACNEM Medicinal Cannabis Masterclass FACILITATORCannabidiol, THC and clinical applications · Brisbane
  4. Apr 2021Talk: An Integrative Approach to Cannabinoid-Based Therapy in Cancer Care SPEAKERDoctors’ education meeting
Speaking and conference record 2014–2026

Talks given and conferences attended

SPEAKERPresented   MODERATORFACILITATORLed a session or workshop   Attended Conference or workshop attended

2014
AugACNEM Primary (Core) ModulesAttended · SydneyAU
AugThe Science of Stem Cells and PRPAttended · MelbourneAU
AugAustralian Integrative Medicine Association (AIMA), 20th Annual ConferenceAttended · SydneyAU
2016
MaySAAARM Integrative Medicine MeetingAttended · Kuala LumpurMY
NovInternational Integrative Oncology ConferenceAttended · OsakaJP
NovNutriPATH RGCC pre-symposium workshop: circulating tumour cells and chemosensitivity profilingAttended · MelbourneAU
NovNIIM Integrative Medicine SymposiumAttended · MelbourneAU
2017
AugCancer Stem Cells and Potential Therapies2nd SPDT4Life International Symposium: Holistic Anti-Cancer Therapies, GuangzhouSPEAKERCN
SepCancer Stem Cells and Potential TherapiesInternational Integrative Oncology Conference, OsakaSPEAKERJP
SepIntegrative Medicine ConferenceAttended · ManilaPH
SepIntegrative Oncology WorkshopAttended · TokyoJP
NovCancer Stem Cells and Potential Therapies · Autoimmunity: Is It Really "Friendly Fire"?NIIM Integrative Medicine Symposium, MelbourneSPEAKERAU
2018
MayMedical Cannabis Workshop for DoctorsAttended · MelbourneAU
JulThe Biology of Cancer, Part 1ACNEM Integrative Cancer Care Module, WellingtonSPEAKERNZ
SepHyperthermia training with Dr Hüseyin Sahinbas, President of the German Society for Hyperthermia (DGHT)Attended · BochumDE
SepHeckel whole-body hyperthermia trainingAttended · EsslingenDE
SepIntegrative cancer clinic visits: Fachklinik Dr Herzog, Klinik Öschelbronn, Dr Reinhard Probst, Dr Boris Hübenthal (ZIO), Dr Giryes and Dr Maurice Orange (Klinik Arlesheim)Clinic visits · Bad Salzhausen, Öschelbronn, Munich, Zurich and near BaselDE · CH
SepHelixor Integrative Medicine Meeting: Cancer (mistletoe therapy)Attended · RosenfeldDE
NovIntegrative Cancer Treatments5th NIIM Symposium, MelbourneSPEAKERAU
2019
JanRethinking the Biology of Cancer: Cancer as a Stem Cell Disease and the Role of HERVIntegrative Medicine Meeting, OsakaSPEAKERJP
MarNutriPATH seminar with Dr Ioannis Papasotiriou (RGCC): Circulating Tumour Cells, an update in diagnostic use and clinical utilityAttended · BrisbaneAU
MayMind Heart Connect ConferenceAttended · Gold CoastAU
MayEFT for Trauma WorkshopAttended · Gold CoastAU
JunMetagenics Congress (International Congress of Natural Medicine)Attended, with poster presentation · Gold CoastAU
JunRGCC ConferenceAttended · ZugCH
JunVisit to the RGCC laboratories, meeting their molecular biologists and laboratory teamLaboratory visit · Florina, GreeceGR
AugSpectrum Academy Masterclass in Medicinal CannabisAttended · OttawaCA
NovCutting-Edge Cancer Treatments from Around the Globe6th NIIM Symposium, MelbourneSPEAKERAU
2020
FebRGCC workshop, co-hosted and sponsored by NutriPATH. Speaker: Dr Hüseyin SahinbasAttended · MelbourneAU
FebWorkshop facilitator, Medicinal Cannabis Masterclass: Cannabidiol, THC and Clinical ApplicationsACNEM, Fortitude Valley, BrisbaneFACILITATORAU
2021
JunAdvanced Cancer TherapiesMetagenics, onlineSPEAKERWEB
OctInternational COVID-19 treatment trial: resultsNextPractice GenBiome, onlineSPEAKERWEB
2022
MarOncogenesisACNEM Integrative Cancer Care Module, recorded oncology lectures for integrative doctorsSPEAKERWEB
MarMetabolic Blockade: Metabolic Approach to Cancer and Off-Label MedicationsACNEM Integrative Cancer Care Module, recorded oncology lectures for integrative doctorsSPEAKERWEB
NovAn Integrative Approach to Cancer · Cancer: Origin Story and MetabolismACIIDS Conference, SydneySPEAKERAU
2023
SepAn Integrative Approach to Cancer Management · Case Studies: CancerACIIDS Conference, SydneySPEAKERAU
SepSession Moderator, WOCOIOWorld Congress of Integrative Oncology, StuttgartMODERATORDE
SepWhat is Cancer? The trophoblastic microenvironment theory of cancerPrivate presentation to integrative doctors from eight countries, WOCOIO, StuttgartSPEAKERDE
SepRGCC International ConferenceAttended · ZurichCH
SepVisit to the Andromedic Srl hyperthermia facility, with Dr Salvatore Conte, Founder and Scientific DirectorFacility visit · Velletri, near RomeIT
OctSupporting Patients through Integrative Cancer Care8th NIIM Annual Symposium, Melbourne (workshop)SPEAKERAU
2024
FebClinic visit, learning about intratumoral dendritic cell injection, immunotherapy and personalised autologous cancer vaccinesHasumi Immune Clinic (Tokyo Clinic & Research Institute) · TokyoJP
JunWhat is Cancer? · Integrative Cancer ManagementPRISM Academy, 1st International Conference on Integrative Medicine, ChennaiSPEAKERIN
Jun6th IVRA Integrative Medicine ConferenceAttended · SeoulKR
JulWhat is Cancer? · An Integrative Approach to Cancer Management4th MAAFIM International Conference, Shah AlamSPEAKERMY
DecWhat is Cancer?7th IVRA International Hyperthermia Medical Conference, JakartaSPEAKERID
2025
JunImproving Chemosensitivity in Solid Tumours: The Role of Localised Hyperthermia in Modulating Physical Barriers8th IVRA International Medical Conference, SeoulSPEAKERKR
SepCancer Care: Case Study and Discussion10th NIIM Symposium, MelbourneSPEAKERAU
NovUnderstanding Cancer Metabolism and How to Block ItUnderstanding Cancer masterclass, onlineSPEAKERWEB
2026
MayCancer Care: Case Study and Discussion9th IVRA International Medical Conference, SeoulSPEAKERKR
JulClinic visit, Art of Healing CancerLearning from their integrative cancer team · IndiaIN
JulArt of Healing podcast series, with co-founders Arpan and Dr Mandeep, interventional radiologist Dr Abhishek and AyushPodcast guest · Art of Healing Cancer, IndiaSPEAKERIN
SepIntegrative Cancer Care: Case Studies · Panel with Prof Avni Sali AM11th NIIM Annual Symposium, MelbourneSPEAKERAU
Training and clinic visits

Learning where integrative oncology is practised

Hands-on training in local and whole-body hyperthermia, and visits to integrative cancer clinics and hospitals in Germany, Switzerland, Japan, South Korea and India, a hyperthermia facility in Italy, and the RGCC laboratories in Greece.

Receiving a hyperthermia training certificate from Dr Hüseyin SahinbasTraining · 2018

Hyperthermia training with Dr Hüseyin Sahinbas

President of the German Society for Hyperthermia (DGHT). Praxis for Hyperthermia and Supportive Care, Bochum, Germany

Dr Herzog going through clinical material with visiting doctors at his clinicClinic visit · 2018

Dr Herzog, Fachklinik Dr Herzog

Bad Salzhausen, Germany, September 2018. Learning from his clinical experience in whole-body hyperthermia.

Visiting doctors at Klinik ÖschelbronnClinic visit · 2018

Integrative cancer hospital

Klinik Öschelbronn, Germany

With Dr Boris Hübenthal at the World Congress of Integrative OncologyClinic visit 2018 · Photo 2023

Dr Boris Hübenthal, ZIO

Zurich, Switzerland. Visited his clinic in September 2018. Pictured together at WOCOIO, Stuttgart, September 2023.

In protective clothing at the RGCC laboratory in Greece with laboratory staffLaboratory visit · 2019

RGCC laboratories

Florina, Greece. Meeting their molecular biologists and laboratory team.

Tour of the Filderklinik integrative hospitalHospital visit · 2023

Filderklinik

Integrative hospital, Filderstadt, Germany

Dr Salvatore Conte explaining a hyperthermia treatment record on screenFacility visit · 2023

Dr Salvatore Conte, Andromedic Srl

Founder and Scientific Director. Velletri, near Rome, Italy, September 2023. Learning about their hyperthermia systems.

Clinic visit at the Hasumi Immune Clinic in TokyoClinic visit · 2024

Hasumi Immune Clinic

Tokyo, Japan, February 2024. Learning about their intratumoral dendritic cell injection, immunotherapy and personalised autologous cancer vaccines.

With Dr Park, head doctor of BioMed Hospital, outside the hospitalHospital visit · 2024

BioMed Hospital, with Dr Park

Head doctor, BioMed Hospital, Gwangju region, South Korea. Learning their integrative cancer protocols.

BioMed Hospital building in South KoreaHospital visit · 2024

BioMed Hospital

Integrative cancer hospital with a dedicated hyperthermia centre, South Korea

With Dr Lee at OnCare clinicClinic visit · 2025

Dr Lee, OnCare clinic

Namyangju, South Korea, June 2025. Learning from their clinical experience in hyperthermia and integrative cancer care.

With Dr Kim at Amirang clinicClinic visit · 2025

Dr Kim, Amirang clinic

Suwon, South Korea, June 2025. Learning from their clinical experience in integrative cancer care.

Podcast conversation with Dr Mandeep at Art of Healing CancerClinic visit · 2026

Art of Healing Cancer

India, July 2026. Clinic visit and a podcast series with co-founders Arpan and Dr Mandeep, Dr Abhishek and Ayush.

Colleagues

Part of the international integrative oncology community

Dinner in Osaka with Dr Tony Jimenez, Dr Toshio Inui and other integrative oncology doctors2019

Dr Tony Jimenez and Dr Toshio Inui

Hope4Cancer, Mexico, and Saisei Mirai, Japan, organiser of the Integrative Medicine Meeting, Osaka

With Dr Ioannis Papasotiriou and delegates at the RGCC conference2023

Dr Ioannis Papasotiriou, RGCC

RGCC International Conference, Zurich

Seated at the moderator table on stage at WOCOIO during a lecture on integrative oncology in an anthroposophic hospitalModerator · 2023

Session Moderator, WOCOIO

World Congress of Integrative Oncology, Stuttgart, 29 September 2023

With Dr Sandeep Roy and colleagues at the World Congress of Integrative Oncology2023

Dr Sandeep Roy

Chairman, Indian Institute of Integrative Oncology. Integrative physician specialising in mistletoe therapy. WOCOIO, Stuttgart

With Dr Paul Marik at the MAAFIM conference2024

Dr Paul Marik, FLCCC

4th MAAFIM International Conference, Shah Alam

Clinical experience

From surgery, trauma and intensive care to integrative oncology

Ten years in UK hospital medicine, from vascular and orthopaedic surgery to the emergency department and intensive care, then family medicine in the UK, Canada and Australia. Since 2017 his work has centred on integrative care for people with cancer and chronic illness.

Surgery, emergency and critical care

  • Vascular surgeryLeeds Teaching Hospitals · 2004
  • Breast, endocrine and general surgeryLeeds Teaching Hospitals · 2005
  • Orthopaedics, incl. Clinical Fellow at King's College Hospital, LondonCoventry, York, Leeds, London · 2001–2008
  • Upper GI and general surgerySt Peter's Hospital, Chertsey · 2008–2009
  • Anaesthetics and intensive carePennine Acute Hospitals · 2002–2003
  • Emergency medicine, to middle-grade level (senior post just below consultant)Lancashire, Leeds, Chertsey · 2002–2008
  • Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) and Advanced Life Support (ALS)UK · ATLS 2002 and 2006 · ALS 2002
  • AO Course in Fracture ManagementDavos, Switzerland · 2005
  • Emergency airway management incl. intubation; early fracture and dislocation managementTrained competencies
  • Emergency medical relief in conflict and disaster zones: Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Indonesia and northern Pakistan. Head of Mission, MERCY Malaysia; executive board, Doctors Worldwide UK1999–2006

Family medicine

  • GP training: psychiatry, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, medicine for the elderlyKent, Surrey and Sussex Deanery · 2008–2011
  • General practitionerSurrey, UK · 2011
  • Resident hospital doctor and GPSaskatchewan, Canada · 2012
  • GP with integrative medicine and skin cancer practiceCentral Coast, NSW · 2012–2016

Integrative oncology

  • Clinical Director, NIIM Gold CoastNational Institute of Integrative Medicine · from 2017
  • Clinical Director, Willow Vale ClinicGold Coast · from 2023
  • Integrative care for cancer and chronic illness, alongside patients' oncology teams2017–present
MBChB · Leeds · 2000MRCS · Edinburgh · 2005MRCGP · UK · 2011CCFP · Canada · 2012FRACGP · Australia · 2012Member, ACNEM
Publications

Peer-reviewed work

Metastatic colon cancer: an effective treatment protocol of integrative therapies including electromagnetic field frequencies. A case report.
Case Reports in Oncology 16(1):1324–1334 · 2023 · doi 10.1159/000534628
Integrative approaches to the treatment of cancer.
Cancers 14(23):5933 · 2022 · doi 10.3390/cancers14235933
Therapies to prevent progression of COVID-19, including hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin, zinc and vitamin D3 with or without intravenous vitamin C: an international, multicenter, randomized trial.
Cureus 13(11) · 2021 · doi 10.7759/cureus.19902
Bilateral simultaneous Achilles tendon rupture in the absence of risk factors.
Foot & Ankle Specialist 4(3) · 2011
For medical practitioners

Understanding Cancer

A knowledge base for doctors working with people with cancer, built from published evidence and years of integrative oncology practice.

  • Answers to clinical questions, with the studies and benchmarks behind them
  • Integrative care alongside standard oncology treatment
  • Results timeline: markers, tumour volume and treatment events in one view
Visit understandingcancer.online
For registered medical practitioners. Educational content to support, not replace, clinical judgement. Patients should discuss any treatment with their own doctor and oncology team.
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