Reducing Postsurgical Exudate in Breast Cancer Patients by Using San Huang Decoction to Ameliorate Inflammatory Status: A Prospective Clinical Trial

• Published in: Current oncology (Toronto) Vol. 25; no. 6; pp. 507 - 515
• Main Authors: Zhu, Z. Y., Xue, J. X., Yu, L. X., Bian, W. H., Zhang, Y. F., Sohn, K. C., Shin, I. H., Yao, C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada Multimed Inc 01.12.2018
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Anti-Inflammatory Agents - administration & dosage; Anti-Inflammatory Agents - therapeutic use; Biomarkers; Breast Neoplasms - complications; Breast Neoplasms - diagnosis; Breast Neoplasms - surgery; Case-Control Studies; Drugs, Chinese Herbal - administration & dosage; Drugs, Chinese Herbal - adverse effects; Drugs, Chinese Herbal - therapeutic use; Exudates and Transudates - drug effects; Female; Humans; Inflammation - drug therapy; Inflammation - etiology; Mastectomy - adverse effects; Mastectomy - methods; Medicine, Chinese Traditional; Middle Aged; Original; Postoperative Complications - drug therapy; Postoperative Complications - etiology; Treatment Outcome; Breast cancer surgery; flaps; inflammation; complementary medicine; exudate; San Huang decoction; inflammatory factors; Traditional Chinese Medicine; tcm

Background Reducing inflammatory factors in wound exudate is a promising treatment approach for healing wounds in postsurgical breast cancer patients. Traditional Chinese Medicine (tcm) treatments have been shown to be beneficial and safe for optimal regulation of oxidative stress during the postope...