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Article: Oncologists evaluate Chinese herbal medicine.
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- Cancer Weekly
- Article date:
- November 12, 2002
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2002 NOV 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An innovative approach to test Chinese herbal medicine using Western research methods has been devised by oncologists in Hong Kong to evaluate the role of herbal medicine in a conventional treatment program.
"So many people in China are taking Chinese herbal medicine and we just don't know whether it is effective or safe to use at the same time as conventional medicine. We tend, therefore, to advise against it - but we should know for sure, said Dr. Tony Mok from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, speaking at the European Society for Medical Oncology Congress in Nice, France, October 19, 2002.
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