Integrating Conventional and Chinese Medicine in Cancer Care - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 1st Edition

by Tai Lahans, LAC, MTCM, MEd

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

ISBN: 9780702063534

Publication Date: 06-14-2007

Page Count: 376

Imprint: Churchill Livingstone

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Approx.376 pages

Key Features
- Formulas are presented within the context of conventional treatment, intended to enhance the effectiveness of treatment and/or treat side effects without undermining the treatment's function.
- Each formula is followed by a discussion of how and why the herbs are used, including classical Chinese theory and relevant pharmaceutical studies.
- Staging and the age and performance status of various patients is used as a means by which to explain how formulas are changed.
- Case studies explore issues related to the integration of treatment for each type of cancer.
Contents

Preface
Introduction
Disclaimer
1.General pathophysiology and treatment: conventional and Chinese medicine
2. Lung cancer
3. Colorectal cancer
4. Breast cancer
5. Prostate cancer
6. Cervical and uterine cancers
7. Ovarian cancer
8. Bladder and renal cancer
9. Pancreatic and hepatic cancers
10. Lymphomas
11. Leukemia
12. Concurrent issues
13. Death and dying
14. Prevention
Authors

Tai Lahans, LAC, MTCM, MEd, Diplomate Chinese Herbal Medicine, NCCAOM, White Crane Clinic, Seattle, WA, USA

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