Open AccessTraditional C hinese medicine and cancer: History, present situation, and development
Author(s) -
Liu Jie,
Wang Shuo,
Zhang Ying,
Fan Huiting,
Lin Hongsheng
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
thoracic cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.823
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1759-7714
pISSN - 1759-7706
DOI - 10.1111/1759-7714.12270
Subject(s) - medicine , cancer treatment , cancer , traditional medicine , oncology , alternative medicine , function (biology) , cancer medicine , pathology , evolutionary biology , biology
Cancer treatment with traditional C hinese medicine ( TCM ) has a long history. Heritage provides general conditions for the innovation and development of TCM in oncology. This article reviews the development of TCM in oncology, interprets the position and function of TCM for cancer prevention and treatment, summarizes the innovations of TCM in oncology over nearly fifty years, and suggests the development direction.