Three advantages of using traditional Chinese medicine to prevent and treat tumor

Traditional Chinese medicine （TCM）, an important component of complementary and alternative medicine, has evolved over thousands of years with its own unique system of theories, diagnostics and therapies. TCM has been increasingly used in the last decades and become well known for its significant ro...

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Published inJournal of integrative medicine Vol. 12; no. 4; pp. 331 - 335
Main Authors Ling, Chang-quan, Yue, Xiao-qiang, Ling, Chen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.07.2014
Subjects
Animals
Chemoprevention
Drugs, Chinese Herbal - administration & dosage
Humans
Medicine, Chinese Traditional
Neoplasms - drug therapy
Neoplasms - pathology
Neoplasms - prevention & control
traditional medicine, Chinese
tumor prevention and treatment
tumor recurrence and metastasis
tumorigenesis
中医药
中国医学
优势
传统医药
癌症治疗
组成部分
肿瘤
预防
traditional medicine, Chinese
tumorigenesis
tumor prevention and treatment
tumor recurrence and metastasis
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Summary:Traditional Chinese medicine （TCM）, an important component of complementary and alternative medicine, has evolved over thousands of years with its own unique system of theories, diagnostics and therapies. TCM has been increasingly used in the last decades and become well known for its significant role in preventing and treating cancer. We believe that TCM possesses advantages over Western medicine in specific aspects at a certain stage of cancer treatment. Here we summarize the advantages of TCM from three aspects： preventing tumorigenesis; attenuating toxicity and enhancing the treatment effect; and reducing tumor recurrence and metastasis.
Bibliography:Traditional Chinese medicine （TCM）, an important component of complementary and alternative medicine, has evolved over thousands of years with its own unique system of theories, diagnostics and therapies. TCM has been increasingly used in the last decades and become well known for its significant role in preventing and treating cancer. We believe that TCM possesses advantages over Western medicine in specific aspects at a certain stage of cancer treatment. Here we summarize the advantages of TCM from three aspects： preventing tumorigenesis; attenuating toxicity and enhancing the treatment effect; and reducing tumor recurrence and metastasis.
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traditional medicine, Chinese; tumorigenesis; tumor prevention and treatment;tumor recurrence and metastasis
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ISSN:2095-4964
DOI:10.1016/s2095-4964(14)60038-8