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ArticleCancers2023

The Use of San-Huang-Xie-Xin-Tang Reduces the Mortality Rate among Breast Cancer Patients.

Daniel Winardi, Chieh-Hsin Wu, Jen-Huai Chiang, Yung-Hsiang Chen, Ching-Liang Hsieh, Juan-Cheng Yang, Yang-Chang Wu

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Article in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Daniel WinardiGraduate Institute of Integrated Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan.
Chieh-Hsin WuDivision of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.
Jen-Huai ChiangManagement Office for Health Data, Clinical Trial Research Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 404, Taiwan.
Yung-Hsiang ChenGraduate Institute of Integrated Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-8756-5113
Ching-Liang HsiehDepartment of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 404, Taiwan.
Juan-Cheng YangChinese Medicine Research and Development Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 404, Taiwan.
Yang-Chang WuGraduate Institute of Integrated Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan.
China Medical University · TWAsia University · TWKaohsiung Medical University · TW

Funding

Academia Sinica Stroke Biosignature Project BM10701010021Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan MOHW107-TDU-B-212-123004MOST Clinical Trial Consortium for Stroke MOST 106-2321- 342 B-039-005
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Globally, breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer deaths. In Taiwan, it is the most prevalent cancer among females. Since San-Huang-Xie-Xin-Tang (SHXXT) exerts not only an anti-inflammatory but an immunomodulatory effect, it may act as a potent anti-tumor agent. Herein, the study aimed to explore the influence of SHXXT and its constituents on the mortality rate among breast cancer patients in Taiwan regarding the component effect and the dose-relationship effect. By using the Taiwan National Health Insurance (NHI) Research Database (NHIRD), the study analyzed 5387 breast cancer patients taking Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) and 5387 breast cancer patients not using CHM. CHM means SHXXT and its constituents in the study. The Kaplan-Meier method was utilized to determine the mortality probabilities among patients. Whether the CHM influences the mortality rate among patients was estimated by Cox proportional hazard regression analysis. The use of CHM could lower the cancer mortality rate by 59% in breast cancer patients. The protective effect was parallel to the cumulative days of CHM use and the annual average CHM dose. In addition, the mortality rate was lower in patients who used SHXXT compared to those who only used one of its constituents. SHXXT and its constituents were all promising therapeutic weapons against breast cancer.

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breast cancermortalitypopulationriskSan-Huang-Xie-Xin-Tang (SHXXT)

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PMID36831555
PMCPMC9953925
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