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PDQ Intergrative Oncology: Complementary Therapies

PDQ Intergrative Oncology: Complementary Therapies

9781550092806
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Integrative Oncology is the synthesis of mainstream cancer treatment and effective complementary therapies. PDQ Integrative Oncology:: Complementary Therapies in Cancer Care provides oncology professionals with need-to-know information about the data-based utility of complementary therapies. It thoroughly discusses useful non-invasive adjunctive therapies that effectively and safely relieve symptoms associated with cancer and cancer treatments. Following discussions of the source and practice of complementary therapies, this manual summarises therapies by major cancer diagnoses and concludes with a section on the management of major symptoms. A final chapter reviews currently popular but questionable alternative therapies.

The text examines botanical research, herb-drug interactions in oncology, and the potential and the concerns about dietary supplements. This work will help oncology professionals understand and guide patients? use of appropriate complementary therapies and avoid bogus ?alternatives?.

The overall aim of PDQ Integrative Oncology is to facilitate dialogue with patients and help broaden the approach to cancer treatment that integrative oncology can engender.

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McGraw Hill / Medical
46829
9781550092806
9781550092806

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Publication date
2005
Issue number
1
Dimensions (mm)
126 x 215
Weight (g)
271

  • Section 1:: Source and Practice of Complementary Therapies
    1. Introduction (Terminology and Regulatory Issues)
    2. Other Medical Paradigms
    3. Herbs and Other Botanicals
    4. Botanicals, Cancer and Herb-Drug Interactions
    5. Diet and Nutrition
    6. Vitamins and Dietary Supplements
    7. Mind-Body Therapies
    8. Acupuncture
    9. Bodywork
    10. Using the Senses

    Section II:: Complementary Therapies by Cancer Diagnosis
    11. Breast Cancer
    12. Gastrointestinal Cancer
    13. Lung Cancer
    14. Prostate Cancer

    Section III:: Complementary Therapies By the Symptoms They Treat
    15. Pain
    16. Mood Disturbance and Fatigue
    17. Gastrointestinal Symptoms
    18. Endocrine Symptoms
    19. Alternative / Questionable Therapies

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