scholarly journals Use of Chinese Herbal Medicine as an Adjuvant for Cancer Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Dose-Finding Clinical Trial on Lung Cancer Patients

2011 ◽  
Vol 02 (02) ◽  
pp. 91-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
King-Fai Cheng ◽  
Ping-Chung Leung
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Clinical Trial ◽  
Herbal Medicine ◽  
Cancer Treatment ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Chinese Herbal Medicine ◽  
Dose Finding ◽  
Lung Cancer Patients ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Chinese Herbal

scholarly journals Chinese herbal medicine for small cell lung cancer patients

Medicine ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 99 (52) ◽  
pp. e23746
Author(s):  
Xue Mi ◽  
Xiwen Zhang ◽  
Shulin He ◽  
Zhenhua Zhang ◽  
Runzhi Qi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Herbal Medicine ◽  
Small Cell Lung Cancer ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Chinese Herbal Medicine ◽  
Cell Lung Cancer ◽  
Small Cell ◽  
Small Cell Lung ◽  
Lung Cancer Patients ◽  
Chinese Herbal

Characteristics of Chinese herbal medicine usage and its effect on survival of lung cancer patients in Taiwan

2018 ◽  
Vol 213 ◽  
pp. 92-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Te-Mao Li ◽  
Yang-Hao Yu ◽  
Fuu-Jen Tsai ◽  
Chi-Fung Cheng ◽  
Yang-Chang Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Herbal Medicine ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Chinese Herbal Medicine ◽  
Lung Cancer Patients ◽  
Chinese Herbal

scholarly journals Chinese Herbal Medicine for Improving Quality of Life Among Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer Patients

Medicine ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. e2410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinyin Wu ◽  
Vincent C.H. Chung ◽  
Ping Lu ◽  
Simon K. Poon ◽  
Edwin P. Hui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Herbal Medicine ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Chinese Herbal Medicine ◽  
Cell Lung Cancer ◽  
Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer ◽  
Lung Cancer Patients ◽  
Chinese Herbal

scholarly journals Efficacy and Safety of Chinese Herbal Medicine on Treatment of Breast Cancer: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Venice Wing-Tung Ho ◽  
Hor-Yue Tan ◽  
Wei Guo ◽  
Sha Li ◽  
Ning Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Herbal Medicine ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Chinese Herbal Medicine ◽  
Tumor Response ◽  
Controlled Trials ◽  
Breast Cancer Patients ◽  
Who Criteria ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Chinese Herbal

Breast cancer is currently the most common cancer in women, and it accounts for 11.6% of all cancer diagnoses in 2018. Breast cancer patients frequently resort to alternative medicine in addition to conventional Western therapy. This study is to evaluate clinical effectiveness of Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) on breast cancer by conducting meta-analyses on 81 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with a total of 7215 subjects from eight databases. All RCTs compared patients using Western therapy alone and those using additional CHM therapy to evaluate the difference of primary (tumor response, mean time to progression (mTTP), overall survival (OS) and progression free survival (PFS)) and secondary outcome measures (tumor markers). Results showed that under the RECIST1.1 criteria, 52% patients with additional CHM therapy (67%, under WHO criteria) achieved either a complete response (CR) or a partial response (PR), compared to 38% patients with Western therapy alone (53%, under the WHO criteria). The risk ratio was 1.31 ([Formula: see text]¡ 0.00001, 95% CI = 1.15–1.50) for patients with CHM plus Western therapy and 1.25 ([Formula: see text]¡ 0.00001, 95% CI = 1.18–1.98) for those with Western therapy. Moreover, patients with complementary CHM therapy were associated with an mTTP of 2.79 months longer ([Formula: see text]¡ 0.00001) and an OS of 1.90 months longer ([Formula: see text] ¡ 0.00001); they also had an increase in 3-year PFS ([Formula: see text]= 0.002), 2- ([Formula: see text]= 0.0002) and 5-year ([Formula: see text]= 0.006) OS rates. Therefore, complementary CHM therapy might demonstrate clinical benefits for breast cancer patients in terms of tumor response and survival. Clinical studies with further stratification of tumor stages and intervention types are highly warranted.

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