Evidence-based non-pharmacological therapies for palliative cancer care
By: William C.S. Cho, editor
Series: Evidence-based anticancer complementary and alternative medicine -- volume 4; Evidence-based anticancer complementary and alternative medicine -- 4.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Dordrecht; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9789400758322
Subjects: Cancer; Palliative treatment; Alternative treatment
Description: Cancer is one of the leading killers in the world and the incidence is increasing, but most cancer patients and cancer survivors suffer much from the disease and its conventional treatments' side effects. In the past, clinical data showed that some complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) possessed anticancer abilities, but some clinicians and scientists have queried about the scientific validity of CAM due to the lack of scientific evidence. There is great demand in the knowledge gap to explore the scientific and evidence-based knowledge of CAM in the anticancer field.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.