Guest guest Posted August 28, 2001 Report Share Posted August 28, 2001 Reported August 2001 Chinese Breast Cancer Therapy (Ivanhoe Newswire) — When it comes to breast cancer, the cure can make you sick. Chemotherapy often comes with debilitating side effects. Now research is underway to determine if herbal medicine can help eliminate them. Chinese herbs. Some swear by them, while others scoff. Now, doctors at University of California, San Francisco are trying to find out, once and for all, if they work. Oncologist Debu Tripathy, M.D., is studying 60 women with early stage breast cancer to see if herbal therapy can help reduce the unpleasant side effects of chemotherapy. He says, " All our patients ask us about this and we really don't have good information that we can give them. We have a lot of effective drugs for things like nausea and fatigue, but they don't work for everybody. And most patients that go through chemotherapy do, at some point, experience side effects that are not controlled by standard medications, " says Dr. Tripathy. Half of the study participants get a mixture of 21 Chinese herbs, while the other half get a placebo. Breast cancer patient Terry Markiewicz agreed to take part in the study. When she finished all her chemotherapy sessions, she learned she had been given the herbs and not the placebo. She wasn't surprised. " There was a woman who had chemotherapy at the same time I did, who was not on the study. By the time we got to our cars together afterwards, she was vomiting and I went shopping, " says Markiewicz. Doctors warn they won't be sure the herb therapy really works until the rest of the patients finish their chemotherapy, but you can already count Markiewicz among the believers. Dr. Tripathy says the next step of the study would be to make sure the herbs are not protecting the tumor at the same time they're protecting the rest of the body from the effects of chemotherapy. If you would like more information, please contact: Marina Kenzer, Study Coordinator University of California, San Francisco Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center 1600 Divisidero St., 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94115-1710 (415) 885-7328 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2001 Report Share Posted August 28, 2001 Do you know who made up the formula of the 21 herbs? Do we know what the 21 herbs are? Someone should inform that onocologist that better results could be obtained if an individually prescribed formula was given to each patient. Its funny how the medicos always think the worst if something alternative actually works. ie worry about the herbs protecting the tumour...... But I guess its a start..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 29, 2001 Report Share Posted August 29, 2001 , Heiko Lade <heiko@l...> wrote: > > Do you know who made up the formula of the 21 herbs? Do we know what the > 21 herbs are? Someone should inform that onocologist that better results > could be obtained if an individually prescribed formula was given to > each patient. > > Its funny how the medicos always think the worst if something > alternative actually works. > ie worry about the herbs protecting the tumour...... > > But I guess its a start..... I sent everything I know. It was a forward from someone else todd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 29, 2001 Report Share Posted August 29, 2001 Its probably isic Kohan - Heiko Lade Tuesday, August 28, 2001 8:13 PM Re: cancer study Do you know who made up the formula of the 21 herbs? Do we know what the21 herbs are? Someone should inform that onocologist that better resultscould be obtained if an individually prescribed formula was given toeach patient.Its funny how the medicos always think the worst if somethingalternative actually works.ie worry about the herbs protecting the tumour......But I guess its a start.....Chinese Herbal Medicine, a voluntary organization of licensed healthcare practitioners, matriculated students and postgraduate academics specializing in Chinese Herbal Medicine, provides a variety of professional services, including board approved online continuing education. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 29, 2001 Report Share Posted August 29, 2001 Hi all, I found this link at the ucsf: http://cc.ucsf.edu/trials/97755.html greetings, pat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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