Research advances in traditional Chinese medicine treatment for primary liver cancer
10.3969/j.issn.1001-5256.2016.01.038
- VernacularTitle:中医药治疗原发性肝癌的研究进展
- Author:
Huixian SONG
;
Fei QIAO
;
Ming SHAO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
liver neoplasms;
drugs,Chinese herbal;
therapy;
review
- From:
Journal of Clinical Hepatology
2016;32(1):174-177
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Primary liver cancer is a common malignant tumor in the digestive system.Most patients are in the advanced stage when a con-firmed diagnosis has been made,and prognosis is often unfavorable.Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)has unique advantages in the pre-vention and treatment of primary liver cancer.This article briefly introduces the etiology and pathogenesis of primary liver cancer,as well as syndrome differentiation and treatment of liver cancer with TCM,and summarizes the advances in multimodality therapies including TCM combined with transcatheter arterial chemoembolization,radical surgery for liver cancer,chemoradiotherapy,and molecular-targeted thera-py,in order to provide a reference for the clinical treatment and improvement in the prognosis of primary liver cancer.
