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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2013

Traditional herbal medicine: a review of potential of inhibitory hepatocellular carcinoma in basic research and clinical trial.

Zhidong Wang, Jun Li, Yuanyuan Ji, Peng An, Shu Zhang, Zongfang Li

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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27citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zhidong WangDepartment of General Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi'an 710004, China ; National Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Biodiagnostics and Biotherapy, Xi'an 710004, China ; Shaanxi Province Engineering Research Center of Biotherapy and Translation Medicine, Xi'an 710004, China.
Jun Li
Yuanyuan Ji
Peng An
Shu Zhang
Zongfang Li
Microbiology Institute of Shaanxi · CNSecond Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although significantly develops in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), features of HCC remain an aggressive cancer with a dismal outcome. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), specifically Chinese herbal medicine (CHM), is one of the most popular complementary and alternative medicine modalities worldwide. The use of heat-clearing and detoxicating (Chinese named qingre jiedu) CHM has attracted great attention as an alternative antitumor including HCC considering its low toxicity and high activity. Together these reports indicate that CHM is a promising anti-HCC herbal remedy in basic research. For patients with advanced HCC, CHM including formula and single combined with transcatheter arterial chemoembolization or chemotherapy is able to decrease tumor growth and the side effect of toxicity and improve overall survival, quality of life, and immune function. Due to its abundance, low cost, and safety in consumption, CHM remains a species with tremendous potential for further investigation in HCC.

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PMID23956767
PMCPMC3728506
OpenAlexW1986284382

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