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1Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese Medicin, Western Medicine of Peking University First Hospital & Institute of Integrated TCM, Western Medicine of Peking University, Beijing 100034, China.
Abstract:
We surveyed the literatures domestic and abroad, and summarized traditional Chinese medicine (single or complex prescription) with anti-hepatoma effects by adjusting immune function. Traditional Chinese medicine showed great advantages in improving the immune system function of the organism in various ways, so they could prohibit the generation and development of tumor, lessen the damage caused by chemotherapeutics, increase the sensitivity of chemotherapeutics, strengthen immune surveillance to tumor cells, elevate living quatity of patients and prolong their living time. It is very promising to exploit much more effective anti-tumor drugs from TCM.
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