Clinical observation on the treatment of breast cancer with traditional Chinese and western medicine
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4246.2012.07.010
- VernacularTitle:生血汤加减联合放疗对乳腺癌患者外周血癌胚抗原、基质金属蛋白酶-2、金属蛋白酶抑制剂-2的影响
- Author:
Fuqiang JIANG
;
Jing LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Breast cancer;
Shengxue decoction;
MMP-2;
TIMP-2
- From:
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2012;34(7):610-612
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore the influence of breast cancer treated with chemo-therapy and Shengxue decoction.Methods 91 Cases of breast cancer were randomly recurited into two groups:The western medicine treatment group (40 patients) was given anastrozole tablets and chemo-therapy; The Chinese and western medicine treatment group (51 patients) was given chemo-therapy and Shengxue decoction.Results The total effective rate of was 82% and 53% in the Chinese and western medicine treatment group and western medicine treatment group respectively,the difference was statistically significant (x2=19.74,P<0.05).The peripheral blood's CEA and MMP-2 mRNA expression of western medicine treatment were [ (7.50 ±4.32)ng/ml、(116.32±67.40)ng/ml respectively],higher than the Chinese and western medicine treatment group [ (7.20 ± 3.22) ng/ml、(105.08 ± 37.82) ng/ml,respectively,P< 0.05 ],but the TIMP-2/MMP-2 (26.65 ±19.75) was significantly lower compared with the Chinese and western medicine treatment group [ (39.48±21.21) (P<0.05) ].Conclusion The combination of traditional Chinese and western medicine was effective in treatment of breast cancer and well worth for popularization.