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Materia Medica for Various Cancers

  • The scientific and medical community are thrust for up-to-date information that are supported by concrete laboratory evidences or clinical trials, this book presents the experimental and clinical evidences of anticancer materia medica for various cancers
  • International opinion leaders provide concise reviews and expert opinions on the recent progress of materia medica research in the most common cancers from bench to bedside application
  • An overview of evidence-based materia medica for cancer chemoprevention and pharmacokinetics is also included

Part of the book series: Evidence-based Anticancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine (ACAM, volume 2)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Evidence-based Anticancer Materia Medica for Lung Cancer

    • Constance L. L. Saw, Lita S. J. Chew, Xiaofeng G. Cai
    Pages 1-29
  3. Evidence-based Anticancer Materia Medica for Colorectal Cancer

    • Minsig Choi, Ramzi Mohammad, M. Wasif Saif, Richard Kim
    Pages 31-46
  4. An Overview of the Current Development of Phytoremedies for Breast Cancer

    • Chun-Hung Lin, Wai-Leng Lee, Lie-Fen Shyur
    Pages 47-67
  5. Evidence-based Anticancer Kampo Medicine for Gastric Cancer

    • Koji Tanaka, Takeshi Omori, Toshiro Nishida
    Pages 69-88
  6. Evidence-based Anticancer Materia Medica for Prostate Cancer

    • Yi-Ren Chen, Pei-Wen Hsiao, Feng-Ming Lin, Guan-James Wu, Chin-Hsien Tsai
    Pages 103-127
  7. Evidence-based Anticancer Materia Medica for Cervical Cancer

    • Tatjana Stanojković, Aleksandra Konić-Ristić, Teodora Janković, Gordana Zdunić, Katarina Ĺ avikin
    Pages 129-150
  8. Evidence-based Anticancer Materia Medica for Esophageal Cancer

    • Taixiang Wu, Minawaer Abudou, Shuo Chen
    Pages 151-170
  9. Evidence-based Anticancer Materia Medica for Lymphoma

    • Eran Ben-Arye, Tamar Tadmor, Aaron Polliack, Elad Schiff
    Pages 171-194
  10. Evidence-based Anticancer Materia Medica for Bladder Cancer

    • Dawei Ye, Pingping Gu, Hongyu Zhao, Michelle Chow, Xiaoqing Guo, Jianyu Rao
    Pages 195-209
  11. Evidence-based Anticancer Materia Medica for Pancreatic Cancer

    • Shwu-Huey Liu, M. Wasif Saif
    Pages 211-228
  12. Evidence-based Anticancer Materia Medica for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

    • Guangcun Deng, Jihui Yang, Yujiong Wang
    Pages 261-283
  13. Evidence-based Anticancer Materia Medica for Brain Tumors

    • Prabha Balaram, Faizah Harun
    Pages 285-313
  14. Evidence-based Materia Medica for Cancer Chemoprevention

    • Sunil Prabhu, Ying Huang, Jeffrey Wang
    Pages 315-351
  15. Back Matter

    Pages 397-406

About this book

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. With this aim, a book series is needed to structurally deliver the knowledge to readers.

There have been a number of publications on materia medica for various cancers in recent years, the scientific and medical community are thrust for up-to-date information that are supported by concrete laboratory evidences or clinical trials. This volume is a specialised book presenting the experimental and clinical evidences of anticancer materia medica for various cancers. This book consists of sixteen chapters, providing concise reviews and expert opinions on the recent progress of materia medica research in fourteen particular cancers from bench to bedside application. In addition, the book also includes a chapter with an overview of evidence-based materia medica for cancer chemoprevention, as well as a chapter discussing on the pharmacokinetics of anticancer materia medica.

Gathering international opinion leaders’ views, this volume will contribute great to the cancer, academic, and clinical community by providing evidence-based information on the anticancer effects of materia medica for various cancers.

Readership

Oncologists, cancer researchers, pharmacologists, pharmaceutical specialists, Chinese medicine practitioners, medical educators, postgraduates and advanced undergraduates in biomedical disciplines, cancer caregivers, cancer patients.

Reviews

From the reviews:

“This is a wonderful review of the evidence-based use of plant medicine (materia medica) for various cancers. … This should be interesting to scientific and medical professionals, such as oncologists, CAM doctors, cancer researchers, and medical care providers, as well as cancer patients. … This book provides well-summarized information about the research and application of materia medica in this area. … It also should be a valuable resource for cancer patients who are interested in the application of herbal medicine.” (Qi Chen, Doody’s Review Service, May, 2012)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Department of Clinical Oncology, Room 1305, 13/F, Block R, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, People's Republic

    William C.S. Cho

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eBook USD 169.00
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Softcover Book USD 219.99
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