Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine for Cancer Patients

Schröder, Sven; Lee, S; Efferth, Thomas; Motoo, Yoshiharu

doi:10.1155/2013/313751

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“…To our excitement, TCM has also been accepted into Chinese clinical practice guidelines in the treatment of pancreatic cancer [ 50 ]. Recent reported studies have demonstrated that 90% of Chinese patients with cancer have received diverse TCM treatments during their treatment regimen [ 10 ]. Preclinical studies have demonstrated that CHM can suppress tumor proliferation and metastasis.…”

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“…Of all complementary and alternative medicines, Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) has become increasing prominent and popular in patients with advanced cancer due to its efficacy and low toxicity [ 9 ]. A survey of studies deposited in the PubMed database from 1960 to 2013 indicates that more than 450 papers on herbal medicines appeared in the area of cancer prevention and therapy [ 10 ]. The rise of published papers related to cancer in recent decades reveals that this small research field of cancer treatment with CHM has undergone a booming development.…”

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Chinese Herbal Medicines as an Adjunctive Therapy for Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Yang

et al. 2015

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Pancreatic cancer is a common malignancy with a high mortality. Most patients present clinically with advanced pancreatic cancer. Moreover, the effect of radiotherapy or chemotherapy is limited. Complementary and alternative medicines represent exciting adjunctive therapies. In this study, we ascertained the beneficial and adverse effects of Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) in combination with conventional therapy for inoperable pancreatic cancer by using meta-analysis methods for controlled clinical trials. We extracted data for studies searched from six electronic databases that were searched and also assessed the methodological quality of the included studies. We evaluated the following outcome measures: 6-month and 1-year survival rate, objective response rate, disease control rate, quality of life, and adverse effects. The final analysis showed CHM is a promising strategy as an adjunctive therapy to treat advanced or inoperable pancreatic cancer and that CHM in combination with conventional therapy is a promising strategy for resistant disease. However, convincing evidence must be obtained and confirmed by high-quality trials in future studies.

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Chinese Herbal Medicines as an Adjunctive Therapy for Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Yang

et al. 2015

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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“…Cancer is a major global health burden with approx 10.9 million new cases, 6.7 million deaths and 24.6 million surviving patients all around the world since 2002 [96] [97]. Since 1990, there has been 22% increase in cancer cases and mortality, with most frequent cancers being lung, breast, colorectal, stomach, oral, skin and ovary [98] [99].…”

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Naturally Derived Formulations and Prospects towards Cancer

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Mukherjee²,

Goel³

et al. 2019

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Traditional Medicine (TM) and their secondary metabolites are being increasingly recognized as useful complementary treatments toward the cancer. A large number of clinical studies have reported and proven concern of cancer patients. Here we have also reported recent studies on the biochemical and cellular mechanisms of Traditional Medicine (TM). Nowadays, Chemotherapy and surgery are standard methods for treatment of cancer, but still it's not been fully successful. Some progress has been made in cancer diagnosis and treatment, but high incidence rate of cancer and low survival rate of patient are still being reported worldwide. Since ancient times, a number of traditional medicines known as Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, Iranian, Chinese, Korean, acupuncture, Muti, Ifa, and African medicine are widely used for therapeutic purposes and are becoming popular as Traditional Medicine (TM). It has been reported that plants synthesize plethora of "secondary metabolites" or "phytochemicals", proven to possess anti-mutagenic and anti-cancer properties in many research studies. There are many possibilities for further organized research for screening of medicinal plants for their potential and efficacy against chronic diseases such as a cancer and other inflammatory diseases. Therefore, researcher's interest should be in identification and standardization of new anti-cancer drug with low side effects and greater efficacy, that is easily acceptable in medical community and which may overcome the challenges in present and future cancer therapy. This review explores therapeutic value of certain bio-active principals of plant which could serve as potential pharmacologically active drug for treatment of cancer in future.

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“…At present, Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) have been increasingly used as an adjunctive treatment option following surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy or targeted therapy for cancer treatment [10]. Chinese medicinal herbs could be a resource of drug discovery which could be developed to be new drugs for alternative cancer treatment.…”

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confidence: 99%