The Possibility of Traditional Chinese Medicine as Maintenance Therapy for Advanced Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer
Joint Authors
Xu, Weiru
Yang, Guowang
Xu, Yongmei
Zhang, Qing
Fu, Qi
Yu, Jie
Yu, Mingwei
Zhao, Wenshuo
Yang, Zhong
Hu, Fengshan
Han, Dong
Wang, Xiaomin
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-08-04
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Lung cancer has become the leading cause of cancer deaths, with nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounting for around 80% of lung cancer cases.
Chemotherapy is the main conventional therapy for advanced NSCLC.
However, the disease control achieved with classical chemotherapy in advanced NSCLC is usually restricted to only a few months.
Thus, sustaining the therapeutic effect of first-line chemotherapy is an important problem that requires study.
Maintenance therapy is given for patients with advanced NSCLC if three is no tumor progression after four to six cycles of first-line platinum-based chemotherapy.
However, selection of appropriate maintenance therapy depends on several factors, while traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) as maintenance therapy is recommended for all kinds of patients.
It has been demonstrated that TCM can prolong the survival time, improve the quality of life (QOL), and reduce the side effects for advanced NSCLC.
Although the trials we searched about TCM serving as maintenance therapy is only 9 studies, the results indicate TCM can prolong the progression free survival (PFS) and improve the QOL.
So it is possible for TCM to be as maintenance therapy for advanced NSCLC.
More rigorous trials are required to further verify its efficacy.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Xu, Weiru& Yang, Guowang& Xu, Yongmei& Zhang, Qing& Fu, Qi& Yu, Jie…[et al.]. 2014. The Possibility of Traditional Chinese Medicine as Maintenance Therapy for Advanced Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1018321
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Xu, Weiru…[et al.]. The Possibility of Traditional Chinese Medicine as Maintenance Therapy for Advanced Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1018321
American Medical Association (AMA)
Xu, Weiru& Yang, Guowang& Xu, Yongmei& Zhang, Qing& Fu, Qi& Yu, Jie…[et al.]. The Possibility of Traditional Chinese Medicine as Maintenance Therapy for Advanced Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1018321
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1018321