W.C.S. Cho, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong (Ed.)Supportive Cancer Care with Chinese Medicine

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 nese and Western medicine, as well as cancer prevention with Chinese medicine. This book presents state-of-the-art knowledge on supportive cancer care... more on http://springer.com/978-90-481-3554-7

?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

?Expounds 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.