Application and advantages of TCM in treating breast cancer / 中华中医药杂志

ABSTRACT

Disdvantages of chemotherapy in treating breast cancer were insensitivity or intolerance.There were different opinions on chemotherapy in treating negative axillary lymph notes or positive hormone receptors after breast cancer surgery.The advantages of TCM in treating breast cancer werethere were many Chinese medical oncologists who had rich clinical experiences in treating breast cancer before and during surgery,before and during chemotherapy,before and during radiotherapy and during the consolidation period;treatment according to syndrome differentiation with TCM for different stages of breast cancer had been gradually standardized;a well developed network of academic information provided a good platform for establishing the unified treatment protocols with TCM for different stages of breast cancer.It was indicated that large scale prospective clinical trials with TCM in the treatment of after-surgery breast cancer patients who had negative auxillary lymph notes and positive hormone receptors should be carried out.