[Review on experimental research of Chinese herbal medicine and its components intervention for tumor metastasis].

Invasion and metastasis are the basic characteristic of malignant tumor. It is the major cause of death in cancer patients. Preventing and suppressing tumor invasion and metastasis is a key pathway to decrease the mortality of malignant tumor. Since the limitations and the toxicity of chemotherapy, it was more and more attended to looking for safer and more effective agents from the Chinese herbal medicine to prevent and suppress metastasis. There are certain advantages in Chinese herbal medicine to suppressing tumor metastasis. The recent researches suggested new results that the Chinese herbal medicines treat tumor metastasis. This review summarized the research results in recent years and provides a reference for the further research.