Cancer Biomarkers for Integrative Oncology.
Curr Oncol Rep
; 21(4): 32, 2019 03 05.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30834992
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE OF REVIEW There has been an increasing interest in using complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) approaches to treat cancer. It is therefore relevant and timely to determine if CAM biomarkers can be identified and developed to guide cancer diagnosis and treatment. Herein, we review the status of cancer biomarkers in CAM research and treatment to stimulate further research in this area. RECENT FINDINGS:
Studies on promising anti-cancer natural products, such as PHY906, honokiol, bryostatin-1, and sulforaphane have demonstrated the existence of potential cancer biomarker(s). Additional studies are required to further develop and ultimately validate these biomarkers that can predict clinical activity of the anti-cancer natural products used alone or in combination with chemotherapeutic agents. A systematic approach is needed to identify and develop CAM treatment associated biomarkers and to define their role in facilitating clinical decision-making. The expectation is to use these biomarkers in determining potential options for CAM treatment, examining treatment effects and toxicity and/or clinical efficacy in patients with cancer.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Biological Products
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Complementary Therapies
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Biomarkers, Tumor
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Integrative Medicine
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Medicine, Traditional
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Neoplasms
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Curr Oncol Rep
Journal subject:
NEOPLASIAS
Year:
2019
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States