Traditional chinese medicine in cancer care: A review of case reports published in Chinese literature

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 257-263

  Liu, Jianping ^a,b   Li, Xun ^b   Liu, Jingyuan ^b   Ma, Lixin ^b   Li, Xinxue ^b   Fønnebø, Vinjar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Cancer treatment; Case report; Literature review; Traditional Chinese Medicine

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHINA; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; NEOPLASMS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 81855224771     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333065     Document Type: Review

References (24)

1. World Health Organization: Cancer Control: Knowledge into Action. WHO Guide for Effective Programs, Module 1. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2006.
2. World Health Organization: The World Health Organization's Fight Against Cancer: Strategies that Prevent, Cure and Care. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2007.
3. Bishop FL, Prescott P, Chan YK, Saville J, von Elm E, Lewith GT: Prevalence of complementary medicine use in pediatric cancer: A systematic review. Pediatrics 2010;125:768-776.
4. Matthews AK, Sellergren SA, Huo D, List M, Fleming G: Complementary and alternative medicine use among breast cancer survivors. J Altern Complement Med 2007;13:555-562. (Pubitemid 47015340)
5. Chow WH, Chang P, Lee SC, Wong A, Shen HM, Verkooijen HM: Complementary and alternative medicine among Singapore cancer patients. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2010;39:129-135.
6. Anonymous: Miraculous Pivot (Ling Shu Jing; originally published during Warring States Period, 475 to 221 BC). Beijing, People's Health Press, 1981.
7. Chen S, Flower A, Ritchie A, Liu J, Molassiotis A, Yu H, Lewith G: Oral Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) as an adjuvant treatment during chemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer: A systematic review. Lung Cancer 2010;68:137-145.
8. Cho WC, Chen HY: Clinical efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine as a concomitant therapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Cancer Invest 2009;27:334-344.
9. Gan T, Wu Z, Tian L, Wang Y: Chinese herbal medicines for induction of remission in advanced or late gastric cancer. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2010;20:CD005096.
10. McCulloch M, See C, Shu XJ, Broffman M, Kramer A, Fan WY, Gao J, Lieb W, Shieh K, Colford JM: Astragalus-based Chinese herbs and platinumbased chemotherapy for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: Meta-analysis of randomized trials. J Clin Oncol 2006;24:3215-3216.
11. Taixiang W, Munro AJ, Guanjian L: Chinese medical herbs for chemotherapy side effects in colorectal cancer patients. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2005;25:CD004540.
12. Zhang M, Liu X, Li J, He L, Tripathy D: Chinese medicinal herbs to treat the side effects of chemotherapy in breast cancer patients. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2007;18:CD004921.
13. Anonymous (Department of TCM, Shanghai State-own Commercial Staff Hospital): Experience of one case report of gastric cancer cured by TCM therapy [Zhi Yu Wei Ai Yi Li De Jing Yan Jie Shao]. Shanghai J Trad Chin Med [Shanghai Zhong Yi Za Zhi] 1958;4:33.
14. Hou FT: Experience introduction about cervical cancer treatment by jew ear parasitized on mulberry [Yong Huai Er Shi Zhi Zi Gong Jing Ai Zhi Chi Bu Jing Yan Jie Shao]. J Trad Chin Med [Zhong Yi Za Zhi] 1958;4:461-462.
15. Ou YW, Dong KX, Zhang X, et al: A case report of advanced multiple primary cancer (esophageal and stomach cancer) treated by integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine [Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Zhi Yu Shi Guan Wei Wan Qi Chong Fu Ai Yi Li]. Clinic Misdiag Mistherapy [Lin Chuang Wu Zhen Wu Zhi] 2007;20:27-28.
16. Chen WD: Advanced cancer of elderly people treated by the therapy of strengthening body resistance and restraining cancer: 3 case reports [Yun Yong Fu Zheng Yi Ai Fa Zhi Liao Lao Nian Wan Qi Ai Liu Yan An San Ze]. Jiangxi J Trad Chin Med [Jiangxi Zhong Yi Yao] 2008;39:42-43.
17. Sanz MA, Fenaux P, Lo Coco F; European APL Group of Experts: Arsenic trioxide in the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia. A review of current evidence. Haematologica 2005;90:1231-1235. (Pubitemid 41379051)
18. Carney DA: Arsenic trioxide mechanisms of action -looking beyond acute promyelocytic leukemia. Leuk Lymphoma 2008;49:1846-1851.
19. Xu W, Towers AD, Li P, Collet JP: Traditional Chinese medicine for cancer care: Perspective and experiences of patients and professionals in China. Eur J Cancer Care 2006;15:397-403. (Pubitemid 44359404)
20. Shang A, Huwiler K, Nartey L, Jüni P, Egger M: Placebo-controlled trials of Chinese herbal medicine and conventional medicine comparative study. Int J Epidemiol 2007;36:1086-1092. (Pubitemid 350019239)
21. Cohen, H: How to write a patient case report. Am J Health Syst Pharm 2006;63:1888-1892. (Pubitemid 44477462)
22. White A: Writing case reports -author guidelines for acupuncture in medicine. Acupunct Med 2004; 22:83-86. (Pubitemid 38915358)
23. Shord SS, Shah K, Lukose A: Drug-botanical interactions: A review of the laboratory, animal, and human data for 8 common botanicals. Integr Cancer Ther 2009;8:208-227.
24. Cheng CW, Fan W, Ko SG, et al: Evidence-based management of herb-drug. Explore (NY) 2010;6: 324-329.