Introduction to Oriental Medicine Oncology: Acupuncture/Herbal Treatment

摘要

Around 1.4 million people were predicted to have cancer, and more than half a million could have died due to cancer or cancer related complications in the United States in 2008. In companion animals, the incidence of animal cancer and the cancer related death rate has been increasing for the last several decades. Many features of cancer in dogs are similar to human features including histopathological signs, tumor genetics, molecular targets, and biological behavior. In addition, many techniques usedfor animal cancer therapy such as chemotherapy, surgical process or radiation therapy were adopted from human cancer therapy. Lindblad-Toh K, et al reported a high-quality draft genome sequence of Canis familiaris and a dense map of single nucleotide polymorphisms across breeds. This information of the canine genome sequences strongly suggested the similarities with the human one.