Cancer Treatment Reviews
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 235-246, August 2001

Integration of Chinese medicine into supportive cancer care:A modern role for an ancient tradition

  • R. Wong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton Regional Cancer Centre, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • C.M. Sagar

      Affiliations

    • Practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine in private practice, Ontario, Hamilton, Canada
    • ,
  • S.M. Sagar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton Regional Cancer Centre, Ontario, Canada

Abstract 

Recent evidence suggests that many traditional Chinese medical therapies are effective for the supportive care of cance patients. This is a review of some of the published literature (indexed in Medline) and our own practical experience. It is not intended to be a systematic review, but does provide various levels of evidence which support further research into a developing model of integrative care. The holistic approach ofTraditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) may be integrated into conventional Western Medicine to supplement deficiencies in the current biomedical model. The philosophy of TCM proposes novel hypotheses which will support the development of a science-based holistic medicine.

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PII: S0305-7372(01)90227-0

doi:10.1053/ctrv.2001.0227

Cancer Treatment Reviews
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 235-246, August 2001

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