Alternative and Complementary Therapies for Cancer

Integrative Approaches and Discovery of Conventional Drugs
Herausgegeben:Alaoui-Jamali, Moulay

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Produktbeschreibung

This book offers the latest information and practical recommendations on the best documented practice of alternative therapies for cancer management put together by experts in the fields of medical oncology, traditional medicine and cancer pharmacology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer US / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 12210572, 978-1-4419-0019-7
• 2010
• Seitenzahl: 744
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 764g
• ISBN-13: 9781441900197
• ISBN-10: 1441900195
• Artikelnr.: 26032402

Inhaltsangabe

Overview of Efficacy and Limitation of Standard and Targeted Therapy for Malignant Disease Using Lung Cancer as a Case Study.- Integrative Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Cancer Care.- Overview of Current TCM Practice and Potential Impacts on Conventional Therapies.- Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Cancer Care in India: Basic and Clinical Perspectives.- Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Cancer Care in India: Basic and Clinical Perspective.- Integrated TCM for Cancer Care in China: Principles, Recipes, and Case Studies for Selected Sites.- Esophageal Cancer.- Gastric Cancer.- Colorectal Cancer.- Liver Cancer.- Pancreatic Cancer.- Breast Cancer.- Ovarian Cancer.- Prostate Cancer.- Kidney Cancer.- Bladder Cancer.- Brain Cancer.- Management of Complementary and Alternative Treatments for Cancer.- Complementary and Alternative Treatments for the Management of Cancer-Related Fatigue.- Complementary and Alternative Treatments for the Management of Cancer-Related Pain.- Clinical, Pharmacological, and Safety Issues Using Complementary Therapies.- Challenges Conducting Clinical Trials with Herbal Products in Oncology.- Herbal Product-Drug Interactions from a Pharmacological Perspective.- Patient-Physician Relationship.- Patient-Physician Relationship: Creating an Optimal Healing Environment.- Regulatory Issues.- Legal Issues in Alternative Treatment of Cancer.- Intellectual Property for Alternative Medicine.- From Practice to Basics.- Chemical-Biology of Natural Products from Medicinal Plants for Cancer Therapy.- Flavonoids in Cancer Prevention and Therapy: Chemistry, Pharmacology, Mechanisms of Action, and Perspectives for Cancer Drug Discovery.- Marine Natural Products and their Synthetic Derivatives for Cancer Therapy.- Natural Product-likeScaffolds for Molecular Dissection of Macromolecular Interactions and New Therapeutic Applications.- Mining Natural Product-Derived Molecules Against Cancer Targets: The Case of the Androgen Receptor in Prostate Cancer.

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"... Insgesamt eine wertvolle Informationsquelle, prall gefüllt mit Expertenwissen, zur evidenzbasierten integrativen Therapie in der Onkologie - für den behandelnden Arzt wie den Wissenschaftler gleichermaßen geeignet." -- Daniela Hacke, in: carstens-stifung.de, 11/November/2013