Review Article Chinese Herbal Medicine as Adjunctive Therapy to Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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1Department of Oncology, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100010, China 2Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China 3Department of Oncology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Henan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450000, China 4Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, 75123 Uppsala, Sweden
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