Chinese Herbal Medicines as an Adjunctive Therapy for Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Joint Authors
Li, Bin
Gan, Run
Yang, Quanjun
Huang, Jinlu
Chen, Pengguo
Wan, Lili
Guo, Cheng
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-15, 15 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-11-23
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
15
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Pancreatic cancer is a common malignancy with a high mortality.
Most patients present clinically with advanced pancreatic cancer.
Moreover, the effect of radiotherapy or chemotherapy is limited.
Complementary and alternative medicines represent exciting adjunctive therapies.
In this study, we ascertained the beneficial and adverse effects of Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) in combination with conventional therapy for inoperable pancreatic cancer by using meta-analysis methods for controlled clinical trials.
We extracted data for studies searched from six electronic databases that were searched and also assessed the methodological quality of the included studies.
We evaluated the following outcome measures: 6-month and 1-year survival rate, objective response rate, disease control rate, quality of life, and adverse effects.
The final analysis showed CHM is a promising strategy as an adjunctive therapy to treat advanced or inoperable pancreatic cancer and that CHM in combination with conventional therapy is a promising strategy for resistant disease.
However, convincing evidence must be obtained and confirmed by high-quality trials in future studies.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Li, Bin& Gan, Run& Yang, Quanjun& Huang, Jinlu& Chen, Pengguo& Wan, Lili…[et al.]. 2015. Chinese Herbal Medicines as an Adjunctive Therapy for Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1061382
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Li, Bin…[et al.]. Chinese Herbal Medicines as an Adjunctive Therapy for Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1061382
American Medical Association (AMA)
Li, Bin& Gan, Run& Yang, Quanjun& Huang, Jinlu& Chen, Pengguo& Wan, Lili…[et al.]. Chinese Herbal Medicines as an Adjunctive Therapy for Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1061382
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1061382