Abstract

Objective To investigate the effect of the Shenqi Fuzheng injection in adjuvant endocrine therapy to improve the related fatigue symptom of breast cancer. Methods A retrospective study was performed on 40 cases of postoperative breast patients from November 2016 to November 2016.Patients were divided into the combined treatment group and the endocrine therapy group.Patients in the endocrine therapy group were given placebo.The others in the combined treatment group after the completion of adjuvant chemotherapy and before adjuvant endocrine therapy evaluation the fatigue symptom, at the beginning of endocrine therapy were given Shenqi Fuzheng injection in dose of 250 ml/day, continuous 7 days, each evaluation cycle including 28 days, in total of 4 cycles.The improvement of fatigue symptom was compared between the both groups. Results The patients of two groups had no statistically significant difference in fatigue symptom after treatment of 2 cycles(P>0.05). While they had statistically significant difference in fatigue symptom after treatment of 4 cycles(P<0.05). Conclusion Shenqi Fuzheng injection can relief the fatigue symptom and improve the life quality of postoperative breast cancer patients who undergoing adjuvant endocrine therapy after chemotherapy. Key words: Breast cancer; Adjuvant chemotherapy; Endocrine therapy; Shenqi Fuzheng injection

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