Chinese Herbal Medicine Combined Conventional Chemotherapy Regimens in Advanced Recurrent Breast Mammary Carcinoma

Abstract

Purpose: Aiming at starting the ball rolling and contributing humble effort to promoting traditional Chinese medicine, we report one successful case of GP regimen of combining chemotherapy with traditional Chinese medicine decoction (lung description) for breast cancer with lung and bone metastases. Patients and Methods: A second-line chemotherapy regimen of GP (cisplatin + gemcitabine) was applied. In the meantime, we administered Chinese herbal medicine (Fei Decoction, mixed with a variety of effective herbal components) to help her recover from the poor condition. Results: The tumor markers (CEA, CA15-3) had dramatically decreased to the normal range. Both lung and bone metastatic sites reduced according to CT and ECT imaging, and this patient felt free from the complaint of pulmonary and cardiac discomfort. The quality of life has been greatly improved, and the PFS (Progression-Free-Survival) and TTP (Time-to-Progression) have been prolonged from the onset to date. Conclusions: In the course of this combined treatment, it has been shown that Chinese herbal medicine played an important role in the therapy of breast mammary carcinoma. Therefore, Chinese herb may turn out to be an additional choice with its better benefits and tolerability in the treatment of recurrent breast mammary carcinoma.

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M. Hu, R. Chen, L. Zhu, C. Tao, T. Wang, X. Xia, P. Li, Y. Gong and G. Lv, "Chinese Herbal Medicine Combined Conventional Chemotherapy Regimens in Advanced Recurrent Breast Mammary Carcinoma," Journal of Cancer Therapy, Vol. 4 No. 10, 2013, pp. 1506-1512. doi: 10.4236/jct.2013.410182.

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