Author: Raditic DM1, Bartges JW2.
Affiliation: 1Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, 2407 River Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA. Electronic address: draditic@utk.edu. 2Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, 2407 River Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
Conference/Journal: Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract.
Date published: 2014 Sep
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Volume ID: 44 , Issue ID: 5 , Pages: 831-853 , Special Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2014.06.002. , Word Count: 120
Abstract
Integrative medicine is the combined use of complementary and alternative medicine with conventional or traditional Western medicine systems. The demand for integrative veterinary medicine is growing, but evidence-based research on its efficacy is limited. In veterinary clinical oncology, such research could be translated to human medicine, because veterinary patients with spontaneous tumors are valuable translational models for human cancers. An overview of specific herbs, botanics, dietary supplements, and acupuncture evaluated in dogs, in vitro canine cells, and other relevant species both in vivo and in vitro is presented for their potential use as integrative therapies in veterinary clinical oncology.
Published by Elsevier Inc.
KEYWORDS:
Cancer; Complementary and alternative medicine; Dietary supplements; Herbs; Integrative medicine; Neoplasia; Nutraceutical; Veterinary oncology
PMID: 25174902