Integration of Chinese medicine into supportive cancer care: A modern role for an ancient tradition

Cancer Treatment Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 235-246

  Wong, R ^a   Sagar, C M ^b   Sagar, S M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Private Practice   (Canada)

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CORDYCEPS SINENSIS EXTRACT; CYTOKINE; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PAEONIA RADIX;

ANGELICA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CHINESE HERB; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PHILOSOPHY; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 0034847219     PISSN: 03057372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ctrv.2001.0227     Document Type: Article

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