Alternative and complementary treatment of cancer with phytotherapy and phytocannabinoids in Ecuador: A case review.
Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: According to the international agency for research on cancer (IARC), Cancer is the first cause of death worldwide, in 2020 almost 10 million deaths were attributed to this disease.(1) Oncological diseases are positioned in a global health crisis, raising the interest of using various complementary alternative practices and integrating in the health systems in Latin America.The World Health Organization, through the resolution of the World Health Assembly on traditional medicine (WHA62.13),recognizes the different practices of complementary alternative medicine as a strategy to reduce the current problems suffered by health care systems.(3).Health professionals have generally expressed positive opinions when Complementary and Alternative Medicine is used 'complementarily' and not as an 'alternative'.The results published so far have shown that CAM can contribute to improving the quality of life of cancer patients and their general well-being.(2).This cases review tries to demonstrate the importance of the integration and scientific development of the various practices of Alternative and Complementary Medicine where the various natural compounds such as phytocannabinoids, fungus, mineral and other native and ancestral elements become very valuable therapeutic targets to treatment different types of illness.Alternative and Complementary Medicine is helping to reduce the health care crisis that we are currently living in Ecuador and this kind of therapies can increase quality of life, well-being and help alleviate the pain of patients also when they die.
Author: Julio Renato Vicencio Dillon
Language: English
Subfield: Complementary and alternative medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4377968488