Advances in Traditional Chinese Medicine for Myelosuppression after Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer

Abstract

Breast cancer is the most common malignant tumor among women nowadays. It is characterized by complex conditions, numerous pathological and molecular types, significant differences in treatment efficacy, and rapid disease progression. Bone marrow suppression is the most common side effect after chemotherapy, which seriously affects the quality of life of patients and may even terminate their treatment plans. A large number of clinical experiments and data have proved that traditional Chinese medicine has a unique therapeutic effect in improving bone marrow suppression in breast cancer patients after chemotherapy, and can achieve the effect of enhancing efficacy and reducing toxicity, thereby helping to address the limitations of current Western medical treatment. This article reviews the etiology and pathogenesis, as well as the syndrome analysis of bone marrow suppression after breast cancer chemotherapy treated by traditional Chinese medicine, and summarizes the treatment methods such as internal administration and external treatment, aiming to provide new diagnostic and therapeutic ideas for subsequent clinical practitioners.