Background: Aromatase inhibitors (AIs) are recommended as the preferred therapy for postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive (HR+) breast cancer. As a result, aromatase inhibitor-associated musculoskeletal symptom (AIMSS) have become a major problem leading to therapy discontinuation and decreased quality of life in patients receiving adjuvant AIs treatment. Multiple therapies have been attempted, but have yielded limited clinical results.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) plays an important role in downgrading preoperative tumor size, providing information on regimen activity, and increases treatment efficacy in breast cancer patients. An increasing number of patients have sought Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) during NAC to relieve discomfort, regulate immune function, and improve survival. However, limited evidence is available on how concurrent TCM treatment combined with NAC affects tumor response.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The randomized controlled clinical trial aims to investigate the clinical efficacy of moxibustion for breast cancer patients with chemotherapy-induced myelosuppression (CIM) during adjuvant chemotherapy.
Methods: Surgically resected breast cancer patients were randomly divided into the moxibustion group (MOX; = 48) and control group (CON; = 44). Routine adjuvant chemotherapy (every 21 days, 4-8 cycles) and supportive recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor were given to both groups, while MOX received an additional moxibustion treatment (once daily after each cycle of chemotherapy).
Background: Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has a long history of use in breast cancer, but lacking systematic evidence to support its clinical benefits. In this study, we evaluated the prophylactic and therapeutic effects of moxibustion combined with decoctions for treating chemotherapy-induced myelosuppression (CIM) in early-stage breast cancer patients.
Methods: This is a randomized controlled clinical trial single-blinded for TCM decoction but not moxibustion.