[A Retrospective Study of Chinese Herbal Medicine Combined with Systemic Chemotherapy and/or Regional Arterial Perfusion for XXXX with Liver Metastases].

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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of Chinese herbal medicine combined with systemic chemotherapy and/or regional arterial perfusion for @entity788 with liver metastases (PCLM). METHODS: We retrospectively selected 292 @entity1 with PCLM who were treated by Chinese herbal medicine combined with systemic chemotherapy and/or regional arterial perfusion at Tianjin Medical University Cancer Hospital from January 2001 to December 2010. All @entity1 were assigned to the Western medicine treatment group (157 cases) and the integrative medicine treatment group (135 cases). @entity1 in the Western medicine treatment group were treated with @entity136 ( @entity14113 )-based chemotherapy, and partial of them received regional arterial perfusion. Those in the integrative medicine treatment group additionally took Chinese herbs of clearing heat and eliminating mass for at least 4 weeks. The @entity1349 ( @entity1349 ) , adverse reactions and the incidence of complications were observed. RESULTS: There was no statistical significance in general data between the two groups (P > 0.05). There was statistical difference in @entity1349 between the two groups (4.8 months vs 5.5 months, P < 0.05). No @entity204 occurred during chemotherapy or regional arterial perfusion. All toxic or adverse reactions were tolerable. CONCLUSION: Chinese herbal medicine combined with systemic chemotherapy and/or regional arterial perfusion was effective and safe, and it could be optimally selected as palliative therapy for PCLM.
