Evidence for Edible Chinese Herbal Medicine as an Alternative Approach for the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer
Evidence for Edible Chinese Herbal Medicine as an Alternative Approach for the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer
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Purpose and Significance of Study: This is a review of the role of edible Chinese herbal medicine as a functional food for diet therapy in the management of colorectal cancer with an emphasis on their underlying mechanisms.
Fit with Scope of Journal: The manuscript is of very high interest for the journal Clinical Oncology and Research.
This review explains how Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) can fill the gaps in western medicine created by the challenges posed by the treatment of colorectal cancer (CRC), currently a leading cause of death globally. It discusses the experimental CRC models, the holistic characteristic of edible CHM, recent research on the efficacy and mechanisms of edible CHM as anti-CRC agents as well as the safety aspect of edible CHM.
The manuscript is well-written. Some minor errors (already corrected in the galley proof) are listed below –
· Under Mechanism of CRC development, in the 1st sentence, “showed” must be replaced with “shows”, and in the 8th sentence, “appeared” must be replaced with “appear”.
· Under In vitro evidence of edible CHM for CRC in Edible CHM for CRC treatment, in the 3rd sentence of the 4th paragraph, “mitochondrial-mediated” must be replaced with “mitochondrial”.
· Under Safety concerns of edible CHM in Edible CHM for CRC treatment, in the 4th sentence of the 1st paragraph, “payed” must be replaced with “paid”.
Calvin Kai-Fai Lee
George Pak-Heng Leung
Hai-Yong Chen
Hei Wan
Jing Su
Kalin Yan-Bo ZHANG
Kar-Ho Lam
Ling-Min Tian
Min-Yi Tian
Sonny Hing-Min Tse
Sydney Chi-Wai Tang
Wei Meng
Xiang Lin
Xiao-Xin Chen
Yi-Bin Feng
Zhang-Jin Zhang
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Corresponding Author
Kalin Yan-Bo ZHANG
School of Chinese Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Article Info
Article Type
Review Article
Publication history
Received: Fri 15, May 2020
Accepted: Sat 06, Jun 2020
Published: Fri 26, Jun 2020
Copyright
© 2023 Kalin Yan-Bo ZHANG. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.COR.2020.06.08