Cancer Research: Basic and Clinical Aspects

Author: Yu Xin
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: This book attempts to describe the aforementioned progress, particularly those related to clinical aspects. It also places special emphasis on the issue of thinking in tumor research, especially concerning Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Chinese herbal medicine, and integrated Chinese and Western medicine. It seeks to identify the shortcomings that persist despite the progress made and highlights the key areas for exploration in the future. The book is divided into two parts: Basic and Clinical. The Basic section covers the epidemiology and prevention of cancer, the pathogenesis of cancer from a TCM perspective, diagnostic and treatment models of integrated Chinese and Western medicine, and TCM explorations in several important aspects of modern tumor research. The Clinical section involves over 20 common types of cancer, discussing conventional treatment models and integrated Chinese and Western medicine treatment models. In today's era of numerous tumor-related books, this book stands out with its unique features and serves as a reference for tumor workers, as well as practitioners of TCM and Western medicine.
The book consists of two main parts: Basic and Clinical. The Basic section introduces the diagnostic and treatment models of integrated Chinese and Western medicine for cancer, as well as TCM's exploratory research on several key aspects of tumor studies, such as tumor immunity, differentiation and induced differentiation, oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes, and tumor enzymology. The Clinical section includes 21 types of cancer conditions that have seen significant research achievements in integrated Chinese and Western medicine in recent years. Each condition is described in terms of etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment, with a focus on TCM and Chinese herbal medicine, as well as integrated Chinese and Western medicine treatments.
The content of this book is up-to-date and closely aligned with clinical practice, making it highly practical. It is suitable for researchers and clinical practitioners of TCM and integrated Chinese and Western medicine in tumor treatment.