Abstract:Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of modified Zhuyu Tongluo Xuebi Decoction in the treatment of chemotherapy-related hand-foot syndrome (HFS) after breast cancer surgery.Methods From October 2019 to September 2021, 94 patients with HFS associated with chemotherapy after breast cancer surgery in our hospital were selected and divided into the control group (conventional treatment) and the observation group (modified Zhuyu Tongluo Xuebi Decoction plus conventional treatment) by random number table method, with 47 cases in each group. The traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) symptom scores, clinical efficacy, HFS grade, scores of Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) and Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NRS), immune function and adverse reactions were compared between the two groups.Results The decreases in the scores of the main symptoms and the secondary symptoms and the total score after the treatment in the observation group were higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05). The overall effective rate in the observation group was higher than that in the control group (P < 0.05). The improvement in HFS grade in the observation group was greater than that in the control group (P < 0.05). The differences of KPS and NRS scores before and after the treatment in the observation group were higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05). The differences of the frequency of CD4+, CD4+/CD8+ and NK cells before and after the treatment in the observation group were higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference in the overall incidence of adverse reactions between the observation group and the control group during treatment (P > 0.05).Conclusions Modified Zhuyu Tongluo Xuebi Decoction can relieve clinical symptoms, improve clinical efficacy and HFS grade, reduce the pain, and enhance the performance status and immune function in the treatment of postoperative chemotherapy-related HFS in patients with breast cancer, and is safe and reliable.