title: Evidence-based integrative medicine in clinical veterinary oncology.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, 2407 River Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA. Electronic address: draditic@utk.edu.
authors.forename: Donna M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Raditic
authors.affiliation: Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, 2407 River Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Bartges
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019587:Dietary Supplements / Q000032:analysis; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D004285:Dogs; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000639:trends*; D029001:Herbal Medicine; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000639:trends*
chemical_list: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
keywords: Cancer; Complementary and alternative medicine; Dietary supplements; Herbs; Integrative medicine; Neoplasia; Nutraceutical; Veterinary oncology