ArticleOncology letters2015
Use of a novel herbal medicine in a 75-year-old woman with multi-metastatic pancreatic cancer: A case report and review of the literature.
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Abstract
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive types of malignant tumors and is associated with an extremely poor prognosis. Despite numerous research efforts over the last few years, little progress has been made in the understanding and treatment of the disease. Gemcitabine-based regimens are considered as the first-line treatment for pancreatic cancer, but the effects of chemotherapy on the disease are limited. Natural products extracted from herbs represent a valuable resource for novel bioactive anticancer agents and could benefit multi-metastasis pancreatic adenocarcinoma patients with an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group status of 3. Biological intra-control cancer treatment (BICT) is a novel systemic therapy involving palliative care and herbal extract combinations [including ginseng (
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