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Cancer

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Comparing Dr. Wang Juxiang’s treatment of mammary, ovarian and cervical cancer.

Base Formula:

党参10,黄芪30
炒白术10
猪苓10,茯苓10
法半夏10,陈皮6
焦山楂10,焦神曲10炒谷芽10,

Some differences:

While the liver dredging triplet -– 柴胡10,白芍10,广郁金10 – exists for breast and ovarian cancer, it does not appear in the base formula for cervical cancer.
Lower jiao herbs are present in the formulas for ovarian and cervical cancer. Probably used when there is evidence of damp heat draining downward (湿热下注). E.g. 知母10,炒黄柏10 is used as a [...]

Cancer: Lab Tests

Below, I will present — for those new to them — the significance in the broadest sense of each of the following tumor markers.
General Marker CEA:
CEA (Carcinoembryonic antigen) is an inadequate marker — as a diagnostic tool, an elevated CEA too often provides false positives. Most elevated levels that are true positive appear at late [...]

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