[Effect and advantage of orally taking Chinese herbal medicine for treatment of lung cancer]

Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 2010 Nov;35(21):2795-800.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers and of the leading causes of human death worldwide. Most of patients with lung cancer are diagnosed at advanced stages as it is difficult to be detected in the early stage. Radio/chemotherapy serves as the major method for treatment of lung cancer in conventional medicine without satisfactory efficacy, but with a number of adverse effects. So, it is very popular in mainland China to employ integrated treatment of radio/chemotherapy and Chinese herbal medicine. Through analysis of the published reports in the past two decades, it was found that orally taking Chinese herbal medicine could significantly improve quality of life and body resistance, relieve clinical painfulness, reduce adverse effects of radio/chemotherapy, and prolong life-span of the patient alive with carcinoma in the body.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Animals
  • China
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / administration & dosage*
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Lung Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Phytotherapy

Substances

  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal