Alleviating the Side Effects of Cancer Treatment: An Integrated Clinical Approach With Chinese Medicine - Hardcover

Zhang, Dai-zhao; Ying-xu, Hao; Pei-yu, Zhang; Jin-chang, Huang

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 7117087021 ISBN 13: 9787117087025

Publisher: Pmph USA Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

Cancer patients are plagued by the undesirable, and often unbearable, adverse effects of radiation therapy, chemotherapy and other treatment modalities. Many patients report these side effects to be just as, if not more, intolerable than the cancer itself. The focus of this book is on how to use modern diagnostic methods and Chinese medical treatment to address this problem. The author of this book, Dr. Zhang Dai-zhao, is a well-known oncologist in China and is the one of the leading authorities on the usage of integrative medicine to relieve the side effects of cancer treatment.

Features:

1. Includes the theories, principles and clinical practice of integrative medicine to prevent and alleviate the side effects of cancer radiation & chemotherapy
2. Details clinical approaches of integrative medicine to ten common cancers
3. Syndrome differentiation and treatment with herbs & acupuncture
4. Clinical experiences and case studies of famous physicians
5. Presents dietary therapies, nursing, mental health care & self-exercise qi-gong


There are few books on this subject available on the market, which makes this an invaluable resource for all clinicians who are involved in the management of cancer.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pmph USA Ltd
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 7117087021
• ISBN 13: 9787117087025
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 542
• Editor: Green Teresa Y., Dib Hassan H.