| Description |
1 online resource (112 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- End User License Agreement -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- Cancer from Ayurveda Perspective -- Bhushan Mhaiskar1,* and Vaishali Kuchewar2 -- INTRODUCTION -- ARBUDA -- Classification of Arbuda -- ASADHYA VRANA -- Treatment Principle -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Overview of Cancer -- Vaishali Kuchewar1,* -- INTRODUCTION -- Causes -- Risk Factors -- Clinical Features -- CATEGORIES OF CANCER -- Carcinoma -- Sarcoma -- Myeloma -- Leukemia -- Lymphoma -- Germ Cell Tumor -- Blastoma -- STAGES OF CANCER -- DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER -- TREATMENT |
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Surgery -- Radiation -- Side Effects -- Acute Side Effects -- Late Side Effects -- Chemotherapy -- Adverse Effects -- Limitations -- OTHER TREATMENT THERAPIES -- Targeted or Biological Therapies -- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplants -- Angiogenesis Inhibitors -- Cryosurgery -- Photodynamic Therapy -- CANCER PREVENTION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- The Concept of Epigenetics in Cancer -- Gaurav Rajendra Sawarkar1,* and Punam Sawarkar2 -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCEPT OF EPIGENETICS -- Epigenetics in Cancer -- Epigenetics and Phenotype -- The Underlying Philosophy of Epigenetics |
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OVERVIEW OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE -- BIOACTIVE DIETARY COMPONENTS AND EPIGENETIC TARGETS -- EPIGENETIC THERAPY FOR CANCER -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- The Concept of Prakriti in Perspective of Cancer -- Jagruti N. Chaple1,2,* -- INTRODUCTION -- ROLE OF PRAKRITI IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF CANCER -- SIGNIFICANCE OF PRAKRITI IN VARIOUS CANCER -- PREVENTIVE ASPECTS OF CANCER IN VARIOUS PRAKRITI -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Screening Tools for Common Cancers -- Seema H. Thakare1,* -- INTRODUCTION -- CANCER SCREENING -- TYPES OF SCREENING TESTS -- Breast Cancer Screening [6, 7] |
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Cervical Cancer Screening [8] -- Colorectal Cancer Screening [9 -- 11] -- Lung Cancer Screening [12] -- Oral Cancer Screening -- Prostate Cancer Screening [14] -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Herbs for Cancer -- Akshay Sudhir Pargaonkar1,*, Bharat Rathi2 and Bhagyashree R. Jibkate2 -- INTRODUCTION -- Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera (Linn.) Dunal) -- Guduchi (Tinospora cordifolia (Wild) Miers) -- Kalmegh (Andrographis paniculata (Burm. F.) Nees) -- Haridra (Curcuma longa Linn.) -- Neem (Azadirachta indica Linn.) -- Sadabahar/Sadapushpa (Vinca rosea Linn.) -- Adrak/Shunthi (Zingiber officinale) |
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Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum) -- Amalaki (Emblica officinalis Gaertn) -- Bhumyamalaki (Phyllanthus amarus Schum & Thonn) -- HERBS TO NEUTRALIZE THE TOXICITY OF CHEMOTHERAPY & RADIOTHERAPY -- Zingiber officinale -- Allium Satiivum Linn -- Semicarpus Anacardium Linn.f. -- Phyllanthus Amarus Schum & Thonn -- Punica Granatum Linn -- Ocimum Sanctum Linn -- Boerrhavia Diffusa Linn -- PATHYAPATHYA -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- The Classical Ayurveda Anti-Cancer Formulations -- Dhirajsingh S. Rajput1,* -- INTRODUCTION -- FORMULATIONS FOR LOCAL APPLICATION -- Herbo-Mineral Anti-Cancer Formulations |
| Summary |
Cancer Medicine in an Ayurvedic Perspective: A Critical Overview is a quick guide written to assist practitioners and Ayurveda academicians in understanding Ayurvedic views on cancer. This book is divided into nine chapters. It starts with a brief overview of cancer and epigenetics before delving into Ayurvedic approach to cancer etiopathogenesis, prevention and therapy. Concepts such as prakriti, Dincharya, Rutucharya and Yoga are explained alongside cancer s |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Basis of Anti-Cancer Combinations |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sawarkar, Gaurav Rajendra
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Simkhada, Padam Prasad
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| ISBN |
9789815123852 |
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9815123858 |
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