| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 363 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Annals of traditional Chinese medicine ; v. 3 |
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Annals of traditional Chinese medicine ; v. 3.
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| Contents |
The scientific basis of Chinese medicine and cancer care: a western medicine perspective / Stephen M. Sagar and Raimond Wong -- Recent status and outlook of traditional Chinese medicine in cancer treatment / Dai-Han Zhou -- Chinese medicine and cancer treatment in Hong Kong: a general review / Ping-Chung Leung [and others] --Advancements of ayurveda in cancer management with special focus on hepatocellular carcinoma / Premalatha Balachandran -- Complementary approaches to cancer in Italy / Ralph W. Moss -- Kampo treatment for cancer / Kenji Watanabe -- Risk management of complementary alternative medicines in cancer / Ursula Werneke -- Complementary therapies for cancer patients / Barrie R. Cassileth, Jyothirmai Gubili, and K. Simon Yeung -- Positive findings about herbs and natural products action on cancer / Muriel J. Montbriand -- Mechanistic studies on combination of phytochemicals and synthetic drugs as anti-cancer agents / Shanmugam HemaIswarya and Mukesh Doble --Ethnopharmacology approaches for botanical immunomodulators and chemoprotectants in cancer therapy / Patwardhan Bhushan and Gautam Manish -- Bioactive polysaccharides from TCM herbs as anti-cancer adjuvants / Raymond Chang -- Clinical evaluation of herbal formula decoction in treating non-small cell lung cancer by various rating scales / Jie You and Zhi-Ming Shi -- New approach for evaluating the anti-breast cancer activity of traditional Chinese medicine / John M. Pezzuto [and others] -- Functional magnetic resonance imaging studies of acupuncture / Gary Deng and Barrie Cassileth |
| Summary |
Cancer treatment has enjoyed half a century of healthy development, relying mainly on surgery, cytotoxic therapy and radiation. Achievements and successes are well reflected in the longer survival period and better quality of life. Nonetheless, cancer still spreads locally, recurs, metastasizes and remains one of the top killers. Instead of concentrating on cancer removal, it has become obvious that supportive measures are also important. These include the means to improve quality of life during treatment and to contain tumor growth. To this end, herbal medicine appears to offer holistic suppo |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cancer -- Alternative treatment.
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Medicine, Chinese.
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Therapeutics, Physiological.
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Alternative medicine.
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Neoplasms -- therapy
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Complementary Therapies
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Medicine, Chinese Traditional
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MEDICAL -- Oncology.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer.
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Therapeutics, Physiological
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Alternative medicine
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Cancer -- Alternative treatment
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Medicine, Chinese
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Leung, Ping-Chung, 1941-
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Fong, Harry Hong Sang, 1935-
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| LC no. |
2008530704 |
| ISBN |
9789812709301 |
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9812709304 |
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