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Exploring Herbal Medicine Use during Palliative Cancer Care: The Integrative Physician as a Facilitator of Pharmacist-Patient-Oncologist Communication.
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- Efficacy of Herbal Medicines Intervention for Colorectal Cancer Patients With Chemotherapy-Induced Gastrointestinal Toxicity - a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2021Pooled it
- Evaluation of a Retrieval-Augmented Generation-Based Large Language Model for Evidence-Based Herb and Supplement Information in Cancer Care.JMIR cancer · 2026Article
- Herbal Products and Dietary Supplements in Radiation Oncology: Evidence, Safety, and Practical Patient Counseling.Seminars in radiation oncology · 2026Review
- When Nature Meets Oncology: Unraveling Herb-Drug Interactions in Cancer Therapy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Soothing the Itch: The Role of Medicinal Plants in Alleviating Pruritus in Palliative Care.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Allopathic Medicine Practitioners' perspectives on facilitating disclosure of traditional medicine use in Gauteng, South Africa: a qualitative study.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2023Article
- Integrative Medicine Approaches: Bridging the Gap Between Conventional and Renal Complementary Therapies.Cureus · 2023Review
- Drug-Herb Interactions among Thai Herbs and Anticancer Drugs: A Scoping Review.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Oncology patients frequently use herbal and other forms of complementary medicine, often without the knowledge of oncologists, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals responsible for their care. Oncology healthcare professionals may lack the knowledge needed to guide their patients on the safe and effective use of herbal medicinal products, a number of which have potentially harmful effects, which include direct toxicity and negative herb-drug interactions. The current review addresses the prevalence and expectations of oncology patients from herbal medicine, as well as evidence for the beneficial or harmful effects of this practice (potential and actual), especially when the herbal products are used in conjunction with anticancer agents. Models of integrative oncology care are described, in which open and effective communication among oncologists, pharmacists, and integrative physicians on the use of herbal medicine by their patients occurs. This collaboration provides patients with a nonjudgmental and multidisciplinary approach to integrative medicine, echoing their own health-belief models of care during conventional cancer treatments. The role of the integrative physician is to facilitate this process, working with oncologists and pharmacists in the fostering of patient-centered palliative care, while ensuring a safe and effective treatment environment.
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