Naturopathic Integrative Oncology
Metabolic Terrain Cancer Care
Dr. Lena Suhaila, ND, FABNO is a board-certified naturopathic oncologist specializing in the metabolic approach to cancer and metabolic terrain assessment. All consultations are virtual.
Serving patients in the San Francisco Bay Area and worldwide.
Her care addresses blood sugar dysregulation, inflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction, and immune suppression. Reducing treatment side effects, supporting immunity, and preventing recurrence.
Virtual naturopathic oncology. Available where you are.
"Natural Forces Within Us
Are the True Healers of Disease."
Hippocrates
If you are reading this, you may have just received a diagnosis that changed everything. Or you are watching someone you love navigate that path. Or you are one of the growing number of people who understand that prevention is not passive.
You are in the right place.
Cancer is not simply a genetic misfortune. It is a metabolic process, shaped by the internal conditions of the body. Blood sugar dysregulation, chronic inflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction, immune suppression, toxic burden, and unresolved emotional patterns all contribute to a terrain in which cancer can arise, grow, and recur.
The most important question is not just how to destroy the tumor. It is how to change the conditions that allowed it to develop.
This is where everything changes.
Dr. Lena Suhaila ND, FABNO
Dr. Suhaila is a board-certified naturopathic oncologist and one of a small number of practitioners in the United States holding the FABNO credential, Fellow of the American Board of Naturopathic Oncology.
Before studying medicine, she worked as a pharmacokinetic analyst and clinical research associate on prostate cancer drug trials. She holds a degree in microbiology from UC Santa Barbara and a Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine from the National College of Natural Medicine. Following her medical residency in 2010, she served on the medical staff of a major cancer treatment hospital.
She has completed advanced training through the Metabolic Terrain Institute of Health, the Institute of Functional Medicine and has trained with Gabor Mate in trauma-informed care and Internal Family Systems therapy.
Her practice is built around one core belief: that cancer is not just a disease to be fought, but a condition of the whole person, requiring care that is precise, evidence-based, and deeply human.
All consultations are virtual, serving patients in the San Francisco Bay Area and worldwide.
Virtual Care
Worldwide
Your consultation happens wherever you are. No waiting rooms. No commute. Just focused, personalized cancer care delivered directly to you.
The Deeper Healing
Healing rarely stops at the physical level
The body is a portal. Every symptom, every pattern, every place of pain is an invitation to go deeper. Healing is more than symptom relief. It is the courage to look at every part of yourself, including the parts you have hidden or forgotten, and say: you belong here too. It is the work of reintegration. Of making peace with your full self. Of returning to a wholeness that was never truly lost, only buried.
"Thank you for bringing me to higher state of health. Because of all the changes that you've helped me to make, I feel so much better now than I did before I was diagnosed with lymphoma. I never thought that could be possible."
JA Berkley, California
"Dr Lena helped save my life. I don't want to sound melodramatic, but it's how I feel. I really wanted a blend of holistic and Western medicine to support me through treatment for triple negative breast cancer- and Dr Lena was the perfect choice. She worked seamlessly with my team at UCSF, even exchanging emails with my oncologist. She is incredibly knowledgable, going over my blood tests and suggesting supplements to support my immune system and keep side-effects at bay."
DL Santa Cruz, California
"Dr. Suhaila is a light that was brought into my life in a great time of darkness. I appreciate her knowledge, patience, and optimism. She helped keep me safe and calm as I went through treatment for stage IV ovarian cancer."
BM Oakland, California
