Research progress on traditional Chinese medicine on treatment of bone metastasis of prostate cancer / 中草药

ABSTRACT

The incidence of prostate cancer in China is increasing visibly, and bone metastasis is easy to occur in the late stage of that, which seriously affects the quality of life of the patients. Modern medicine has made rapid progress in the treatment of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, hormone therapy and radionuclide therapy for bone metastasis of prostate cancer, accompanied by some various side effects yet. The synergistic actions of effect-enhancing and toxicity-reducing, multi-targets and multi-effects from Chinese medicinal materials combined with chemical medicines have attracted more and more attention in the medical field, which display some advantages in improving the life quality of patients, relieving the clinical symptoms and prolonging the survival period. As a special medical means in China, the unique theory and drug use of traditional Chinese medicine have brought new dawn to the treatment of bone metastasis of prostate cancer.