Merged Sciences May Aid Cancer Treatment

April 22, 2007 By TANALEE SMITH, Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- Western science and traditional Eastern medicine could be combined to enhance treatment of cancer and other diseases, an oncology professor told a medical forum Sunday.



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