Clinical Effect of "RuningⅡ" and Massage along Meridians Treatment on Patients with HER-2 Over-expressing Breast Cancer in Postoperative Rehabilitation Period

Objective: To evaluate the clinical efficacy of comprehensive therapy of Traditional Chinese Medicine on HER-2 over-expressing breast cancer in postoperative rehabilitation period. Methods: "RuningⅡ", massage along meridians and intermittent pneumatic compression were used in the treatment...

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Main Authors: Shengfang HU, Hongfeng CHEN, Deming LU
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editorial Office of Rehabilitation Medicine 2016-02-01
Series:康复学报
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Online Access:http://kfxb.publish.founderss.cn/thesisDetails#10.3724/SPJ.1329.2016.01.043
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Summary:Objective: To evaluate the clinical efficacy of comprehensive therapy of Traditional Chinese Medicine on HER-2 over-expressing breast cancer in postoperative rehabilitation period. Methods: "RuningⅡ", massage along meridians and intermittent pneumatic compression were used in the treatment of postoperative patients with HER-2 over-expressing breast cancer. The clinical symptoms, hyperplasia of mammary gland, upper extremity lymphedema, disease-free survival were observed. Results: The results showed that 41 types of common symptoms were improved. Hyperplasia of mammary gland was 14.47%disappeared, 55.70%almost disappeared, 8.77%disappeared partly, 21.05%invalid. There was a significant difference in the arm circumference 10 cm above and 10 cm below the wrist and cubital cease of the affected swollen limb before and after treatment (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). No difference was found between the two groups on disease-free surial (<italic>P</italic>&gt;0.05). Conclusion: Combined treatment of Traditional Chinese Medicine for the treatment of postoperative HER-2 breast cancer patients has good curative effect in improving the clinical symptoms, hyperplasia of mammary gland, upper extremity lymphedema.
ISSN:2096-0328