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Supportive Cancer Care with Chinese Medicine

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Editors:
  1. William C.S. Cho

    1. Dept. Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong/PR China

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  • A specialised book on supportive cancer care with Chinese medicine
  • Gather unparallel topics of interest in supportive cancer care with Chinese medicine
  • Apart from curative treatment lead by surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, supportive cancer care and improvement in quality of life become more important as there are more cancer patients survive after primary treatment
  • Gathering international opinion leaders’ views, it will have great contribution to the cancer and academic community by providing theoretical and evidence-based information on the supportive cancer care with Chinese medicine and its utility in improving cancer management as an ultimate goal

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Supportive Cancer Care Using Chinese Medicine

    • Raimond Wong, Stephen M. Sagar
    Pages 1-37

  3. Supportive Cancer Care with Acupuncture

    • Jaung-Geng Lin, Yi-Hung Chen
    Pages 39-54

  4. Chinese Medicinal Herbs Use in Managing Cancer

    • Peter Dorsher, Zengfu Peng
    Pages 55-75

  5. Supportive Cancer Care with Qigong

    • Myeong Soo Lee, Kevin W. Chen, Edzard Ernst
    Pages 77-94

  6. Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Reduction of Discomfort and Side-Effects of Surgery

    • Kok-Yang Tan, Xiaoxiu Wu, Francis Seow-Choen
    Pages 95-107

  7. Increasing Therapeutic Gain and Controlling Radiation-Induced Injuries with Asian Botanicals and Acupuncture

    • Stephen M. Sagar, Raimond K. Wong
    Pages 109-139

  8. Controlling Chemotherapy-Related Side Effects with Chinese Medicine

    • Shwu-Huey Liu, Yung-Chi Cheng, Muhammad W. Saif
    Pages 141-167

  9. Cancer Pain Control with Traditional Chinese Medicine

    • Ting Bao, Lixing Lao, Aditya Bardia
    Pages 169-225

  10. Novel Developments on Artemisinin and Its Derivatives for Cancer Therapy

    • Serkan Sertel, Peter K. Plinkert, Thomas Efferth
    Pages 227-251

  11. Modern Cancer Research on Chinese Medicine: Acupuncture

    • Ruixin Zhang, Lixing Lao
    Pages 253-270

  12. Clinical Trials of Chinese Medicine for the Treatment of Cancer

    • Henry L. M. Liang, Dennis H. T. Chang
    Pages 271-291

  13. Toxicology, Safety and Herb–drug Interactions in Cancer Therapy

    • Shu-Feng Zhou
    Pages 293-340

  14. Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine in Cancer Treatment

    • Delia Chiaramonte, Lixing Lao
    Pages 341-361

  15. Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Prevention and Treatment of Cancer Disease: A Review of the Evidence

    • Jianping Liu, Xun Li, Huijuan Cao, Torkel Snellingen
    Pages 363-379

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 381-389
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About this book

Cancer is a chronic disease. There are increasing cancer survivors after curative cancer treatment and this makes supportive cancer care an important area that more attention is needed. Chinese medicine has a long history of practice; it has aroused much interest from both Oriental and Western countries. A number of laboratory evidences and clinical trials demonstrated the effectiveness and ef?cacies of Chinese medicine for supportive cancer care. This book attempts to take a comprehensive approach to overview the different areas of Chinese medicine for supportive cancer care. This book not only serves as an introduction to novices to the area and a useful reference for those already involved, but also serves as a stimulus to these and others to employ alternative approaches to current cancer care. Hong Kong William C. S. Cho December 2009 v Contents 1 Supportive Cancer Care Using Chinese Medicine . . . . . . . . . . 1 Raimond Wong and Stephen M. Sagar 2 Supportive Cancer Care with Acupuncture . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Jaung-Geng Lin and Yi-Hung Chen 3 Chinese Medicinal Herbs Use in Managing Cancer . . . . . . . . . 55 Peter Dorsher and Zengfu Peng 4 Supportive Cancer Care with Qigong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Myeong Soo Lee, Kevin W. Chen and Edzard Ernst 5 Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Reduction of Discomfort and Side-Effects of Surgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Kok-Yang Tan, Xiaoxiu Wu and Francis Seow-Choen 6 Increasing Therapeutic Gain and Controlling Radiation-Induced Injuries with Asian Botanicals and Acupuncture 109 Stephen M. Sagar and Raimond K. Wong 7 Controlling Chemotherapy-Related Side Effects with Chinese Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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“The 14 chapters of this reference book sequentially address overviews of supportive cancer care with acupuncture, herbs and qigong … and then approach the topic by TCM’s application to side-effects associated with surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy. … The repetition of information and references across chapters from different angles of regard may well serve those readers interested in a subset of the book … . a welcome and more complete contribution to the use of TCM as supportive care in cancer.” (B. R. Cassileth and K. Simon Yeung, Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies, Vol. 15 (3), September, 2010)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong/PR China

    William C.S. Cho

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