title: [Sheng xue tang on immunological functions of cancer patients with spleen-deficiency syndrome].
abstract: 242 cases of cancer patients with spleen-deficiency syndrome have been studied. It has been found that some immune indexes such as phagocytic activities of macrophages, lymphocytic transformation rate, E-rosette forming rate, Th-cell in T cell subgroup, the NK cell cytotoxicity and combining ability, of cancer patients with spleen-deficiency syndrome were lower than those of normal donor (P less than 0.001 or 0.002). After the patients were treated with sheng xue tang (SXT), the immune indexes above mentioned have been increased significantly. These results suggest that SXT can improve the cell-mediated immune function, therefore, it can strengthen the anticancer ability of the patient, prolong the survival period of some patients.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Oncology, Beijing Hospital of TCM.
authors.forename: X Q
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular / Q000187:drug effects; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal