輔成治療及另類療法於癌症之運用

Importance of Complementary and Alternative Medicine

張根湖(Ken-Hu Chang)

《北市醫學雜誌》 3卷1期 (2006/01) Pp. 82-91

https://doi.org/10.6200/TCMJ.2006.3.1.12

摘要

傳統上，替代性醫學與輔助性醫學被定義為那些不被醫學院教導或無法在醫院取得的非正統醫療行為而言。本文就現代醫學有關癌症的病因和預防及治療方法等證據引述部份輔成治療的效果及安全，而部份至今並沒有嚴謹之科學證實，仍需要後續的研究加以確認。近年來，由於使用替代性與輔助性醫療的人數急遽增加，探討癌症輔成治療的重要及如何結合到正統治療，是一個重要的探討議題。

關鍵字

輔成治療 ； 想像療法 ； 同類療法 ； 非細胞毒製劑

並列摘要

It is very important to discuss Complementary and Alternative Medicine (defined by NCCAM as a group of diverse medical and healthcare systems, practices, and products that have not been considered to be part of conventional medicine), because CAM is widely used by patients. Currently CAM is not widely accepted as part of conventional treatment despite some existing scientific evidence supporting the effectiveness of a number of CAM therapies. It is very important to adopt those CAM therapies that are proven to be safe and effective into conventional treatment methods. As these new approaches to health care emerge, taking a closer look at some of the CAM therapies based on the current etiology, prevention and treatment of cancer has become more important than ever.

並列關鍵字

complementary and alternative medicine ； visualization ； homeopathy ； phytochemicals