Traditional Chinese Medicine for Treatment of Apatinib-induced Hand and Foot Skin Reaction:A case report

• 作者: Shan-Qi Guo Xiao-Jiang Li Xiao-Jiao Gao Ying-Jie Jia
• 来源期刊: TMR肿瘤
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: MAXILLARY SINUS carcinoma Apatinib Ttraditional Chinese medicine HAND and FOOT SKIN reaction
• 年，卷（期）: 2019,（2）
• 页码范围: 189-192
• 页数: 4页
• 分类号: R

摘要

Squamous cell carcinoma arising at maxillary sinus is a rare neoplasm, characterized by aggressive growth pattern and glooming prognosis. A 78-year-old woman presented with left maxillary sinus carcinoma. The patient received four courses of chemotherapy after surgery in our center. Eight months after treatment, the patient experienced local progress, severe gastrointestinal reactions and asthenia. Then apatinib was used as third-line treatment. Good curative effect was achieved with 250 mg apatinib per day, while adverse reaction such as hand and foot skin reaction affected the quality of her life. Traditional Chinese medicine exhibits good results and no obvious side effects in relieving hand and foot skin reaction. Traditional Chinese medicine is Chinese treasure, it remains challenging, and further investigations are needed.