Kim Yoo Suk, Kim Chul-Ho
Department of Otolaryngology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
Integr Med Res. 2014 Mar;3(1):11-15. doi: 10.1016/j.imr.2013.12.005. Epub 2013 Dec 17.
In the era of personalized medicine, selecting the ideal treatment modality for head and neck cancer is becoming more complex. Also, despite the use of the newest agents, overall survival has not been improved notably over the past few decades. Currently, in accordance with the development of diagnostic tools, prevention and early detection of cancer are being emphasized more in obtaining better treatment outcomes. Among the various cancer preventative methods, the use of green tea is one of the most common approaches, and tea is known to be involved in multiple steps of carcinogenesis. Thus, in this short review, the protective roles of green tea components against the initiation, progression, and metastasis of head and neck malignancies will be discussed.
在个性化医疗时代,为头颈癌选择理想的治疗方式正变得愈发复杂。此外,尽管使用了最新的药物,但在过去几十年里,总体生存率并未显著提高。目前,随着诊断工具的发展,在获得更好的治疗效果方面,癌症的预防和早期检测正受到更多重视。在各种癌症预防方法中,饮用绿茶是最常见的方法之一,并且已知茶参与了致癌作用的多个步骤。因此,在这篇简短的综述中,将讨论绿茶成分对头颈恶性肿瘤的起始、进展和转移的保护作用。