Supportive Cancer Care with Chinese Medicine

About this book

• Presents state-of-the-art knowledge on supportive cancer care with Chinese medicine
• Contains unparallel topics of interest in supportive cancer care with Chinese medicine
• Examines an important topic as more and more cancer patients survive after primary treatment
• Features international opinion leaders’ views
• Provides theoretical and evidence-based information on the supportive cancer care with Chinese medicine and its utility in improving cancer management as an ultimate goal

This book provides a comprehensive coverage and a succinct overview of the current status of supportive cancer care with Chinese medicine written by leading experts in the field.

The chapters coherently present an overview on the major treatment approaches of Chinese medicine and progresses made with different important aspects on supportive cancer care with acupuncture, herbal therapy and qigong. Moreover, there are reviews on the evidences and efficacies of Chinese medicine for controlling radiation-induced injuries, chemotherapy-related side effects, as well as pain control with Chinese medicine. In order to provide information from basic science at the bench to the patient’s bedside, modern researches and clinical trials would be overviewed so as to give an up-to-date and realistic evaluation of a therapy’s utility for cancer patients. It is also worth noting that toxicology, safety and herb-drug interactions are the main concerns of using Chinese medicine combined with western medicine. A chapter will expound on these issues and there will also be chapters discussing integrative Chinese and Western medicine, as well as cancer prevention with Chinese medicine.

This book presents state-of-the-art knowledge on supportive cancer care with Chinese medicine, which will appeal to anyone involved in cancer care. This is a precious book for all types of readers, including but not limited to oncologists, cancer researchers, pharmacologists, pharmaceutical specialists, traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, Chinese medicine educators, medicine postgraduates and undergraduates, cancer caregivers, cancer survivors, and family members of cancer patients who want to expand their knowledge in supportive cancer care.

Written for » Research
Keywords » Complementary
Related subjects » Cancer Research - Complementary & Alternative Medicine - Oncology & Hematology

Table of contents

1. Supportive Cancer Care with Major Treatment Approaches of Chinese Medicine; Raimond K Wong & Stephen M Sagar
2. Supportive Cancer Care with Acupuncture; Jaung-geng Lin & Yi-hung Chen
3. Chinese Medicinal Herbs Use in Managing Cancer; Peter T Dorsher & Zengfu Peng
4. Supportive Cancer Care with Qigong; Myeong S Lee, Kevin W Chen & Edzard Ernst
5. Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Reduction of Discomforts and Side-effects of Surgery; Kok-yang Tan, Xiaoxiu Wu & Francis Seow-Choen
6. Increasing Therapeutic Gain and Controlling Radiation-induced Injuries with Asian Botanicals and Acupuncture; Stephen M Sagar & Raimond K Wong
7. Controlling Chemotherapy-related Side Effects with Chinese Medicine; Shwu-huey Liu, Yung-chi Cheng & M Wasif Saif
8. Cancer Pain Control with Traditional Chinese Medicine; Ting Bao, Lixing Lao & Aditya Bardia
9. Novel Developments on Artemsinin and Its Derivatives for Cancer Therapy; Serkan Sertel, Peter K Plinkert & Thomas Efferth
10. Modern Cancer Research on Chinese Medicine: Acupuncture; Ruixin Zhang & Lixing Lao
11. Clinical Trials of Chinese Medicine for the Treatment of Cancer; Henry LM Liang & Dennis Chang
12. Toxicology, Safety and Herb-drug Interactions of Cancer Therapy; Shufeng Zhou
13. Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine in Cancer Treatment; Delia Chiaramonte & Lixing Lao
14. Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Prevention and Treatment of Cancer Disease; Jianping Liu, Xun Li, Huijuan Cao & Torkel Snellingen