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KMID : 0363620050260040022
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Journal of Korean Oriental Medicine
2005 Volume.26 No. 4 p.22 ~ p.30
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Changes of Serum VEGF and b-FGF in 26 Patients with Breast Cancer after Treatment with Hang-Am-Dan (HAD), an Antiangiogenic Botanical Prescription
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Yoo HS
Lee NH/Cho JH/Lee YW/Son CG/Kang WC/Cho CK
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Abstract
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Objectives: Recently, angiogenesis has gained an increasing interest as a prognostic factor in breast cancer. In this study we aimed to assess the anti angiogenic effects of HAD, a botanical anticancer remedy which has been prescribed in Daejeon University Oriental Hospital in Korea, on patients with breast carcinoma by measuring the serum vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), basic fibroblast growth factor (b-FGF) and platelets levels.
Methods: The study included 26 consecutive breast cancer patients (mean agepmstandard deviation: 47.5pm8.7 years) with stage II to IV disease who were treated with HAD (mean duration pm standard deviation: 264.5pm121.6 days). In addition to routine laboratory and staging procedures, serum VEGF, b-FGF levels and platelet counts were determined as antiangiogenic markers. The antiangiogenic effects of HAD were evaluated by analyzing the differences between the values of the antiangiogenic markers before and after the treatment with HAD.
Results: Serum b-FGF concentrations were significantly reduced after the treatment with HAD (P=0.042). Serum VEGF concentrations were found to have a somewhat decreasing change, though the change was not statistically significant (P=0.229). Platelet counts had little changes (P=O.80).
Conclusions: It is supposed that HAD has effects on decreasing the serum b-FGF levels related with the clinical outcome of breast cancer patients.
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