Integrative Oncology: Incorporating Complementary Medicine into Conventional

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(Current Clinical Oncology)

By Lorenzo Cohen, Maurie Markman

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Publisher: Humana Press [/li]Number Of Pages: 232 [/li]Publication Date: 2008-02-01 [/li]ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1588298698 [/li]ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781588298690 [/li]Binding: Hardcover [/li]

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Book Description:

Alternative medicine is defined as a treatment modality used in place of conventional medicine. By definition, alternative treatments are not integrated as part of conventional medicine. Complementary medicine, however, makes use of non-conventional treatment modalities, some of which have known efficacy, in combination with conventional treatment. Both alternative and complementary medicine focus on treatment modalities. Integrative medicine, on the other hand, is not about specific non-conventional treatment modalities, but is an approach to treating patients. It strives to integrate the best of complementary and conventional modalities using a multidisciplinary approach through integrative services.
Complementary therapies typically used include mind-body approaches such as meditation, guided imagery, music, art, other expressive arts and other behavioral techniques; energy based therapies that seek to affect proposed bio-energy fields, whose existence is not yet experimentally proven, that surround and penetrate the human body. These can be individual therapies done through self-practice (e.g. Yoga, Tai Chi, or internal Qigong), manipulation of electromagnetic waves through the use of magnets, or through the use of the energy of individual practitioners (e.g., external Qigong, Reiki, Healing Touch); body-manipulative systems such as chiropractic and massage; alternative medical systems such as traditional Chinese medicine, homeopathy, and Ayurveda (Indian-based medicine); and biologically-based approaches such as nutrition, herbal/plant, animal/mineral or other products.
This book outlines integrative medicine programs at five leading National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Centers (The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Oncology Center, and the Mayo Clinic). The focus is on how these centers started their programs, what they are currently doing, and recommendations for starting integrative medicine clinics. Four of the centers also describe in more detail specifics for one aspect of their research program (M. D. Anderson Cancer Center: Mind-body research; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: Botanical research; Dana Farber Cancer Institute: Chinese acupuncture research; and The Johns Hopkins: Korean acupuncture). This allows the reader to see one aspect of the research that is being done in more detail. Important chapters also focus on more general topics such as the potential harm from CAM, legal issues surround CAM, and how to communicate with patients about CAM.

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