The Western Model of Integrative Oncology-the Contribution of Chinese Medicine

作     者：Gustav J.Dobos Barbara Kirschbaum Kyung-Eun Choi 

作者机构：Department of Internal and Integrative MedicineKliniken Essen-MitteAcademic Teaching Hospital of the University of Duisburg-Essen Am Deimelsberg 34 a45276 EssenGermany Mamma Center HamburgJerusalem HospitalMoorkamp 2-620357 HamburgGermany 

出 版 物：《Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine》 (中国结合医学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2012年第18卷第9期

页      面：643-651页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：integrative oncology integrative medicine complementary and alternative medicine traditional Chinese medicine 

摘      要：Western integrative oncology （IO） combines conventional mainstream medicine with complementary and alternative medicine （CAM） for the care of cancer patients. Since it includes patient orientation and the holistic approach of many CAM options, IO offers not only preventive measures, but also a wide spectrum of treatment modalities for all stages of illness, from the acute phases through the rehabilitation period. Many therapeutic methods of IO are supported by scientific evidence, for example, dietary and nutritional counseling, exercise, and mind-body medicine, among others. IO also includes therapeutic interventions of traditional Chinese medicine （TCM）. At present acupuncture, qigong, and foot massage play an important role in the Western care of cancer patients. However, unlike in China, in Western countries herbal remedies are usually only used during those periods in which chemotherapy is not applied in order to avoid herb-drug interactions. Instead,acupuncture is widely used to manage the side-effects that often accompany chemotherapy. This paper focuses on the role of Chinese medicine in Western IO and reviews the scope and limitations of IO in the care of cancer patients today. The future challenges of IO will also be discussed in this paper.