Cancer chemoprevention and therapy using chinese herbal medicine.

Cancer chemoprevention and therapy using chinese herbal medicine. Biol Proced Online. 2018;20:1 Authors: Jiao L, Bi L, Lu Y, Wang Q, Gong Y, Shi J, Xu L Abstract Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) plays an indispensable role in cancer prevention and treatment. Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) is a key component of TCM and has been practiced for thousands of years. A number of naturally occurring products from Chinese herbs extracts exhibit strong inhibitory properties against carcinogenesis, including CHM single-herb extracts, CHM-derived active components, and CHM formulas (the polyherbal combinations), which regulate JAK/STAT, MAPK, and NF-ҡB pathways. The present review aims to report the cancer-preventive effect of CHM with evidence from cell-line, animal, epidemiological, and clinical experiments. We also present several issues that have yet to be resolved. In the future, cancer prevention by CHM will face unprecedented opportunities and challenges. PMID: 29321719 [PubMed]
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