Chinese herbs may ease chemotherapy
“Chinese herbal medicine could protect the immune systems of breast cancer patients from the side effects of chemotherapy, by reducing the immuno-suppressive side effects of powerful anti-cancer drugs, researchers claimed yesterday. Chinese scientists working for the Cochrane Collaboration, a United Kingdom-registered charity that specialises in reviewing scientific data, analysed data from seven studies involving 542 women with breast cancer treated with a number of Chinese medicinal herbal mixtures and compounds. Six were tested in controlled trials comparing treatment with and without Chinese herbal medicine (CHM). Three showed improvements in white blood cells in women given the herbal extracts. Two appeared have had a general positive effect on quality of life. The researchers noted that further trials were needed to confirm with any confidence the benefits of CHM in alleviating the effects of chemotherapy in breast cancer patients.”
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