Patients with malignant tumors often experience fluctuations in the severity of their symptoms depending on the time of day. In traditional Chinese medicine, symptoms are said to follow a pattern of “mild in the morning, stable by day, worsening in the evening, and severe at night.” This article investigates the circadian chronobiology of symptoms and
Cancer represents a large group of diseases accounting for nearly 10 million deaths each year. Various treatment strategies, including surgical resection combined with chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and immunotherapy, have been applied for cancer treatment. However, the outcomes remain largely unsatisfying.
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There is highly credible evidence that melatonin mitigates cancer at the initiation, progression and metastasis phases. In many cases, the molecular mechanisms underpinning these inhibitory actions have been proposed. What is rather perplexing, however, is the large number of processes by which melatonin reportedly restrains cancer development and growth.