Traditional Chinese Medicine Integrated with Chemotherapy for Stage II-IIIA Patients with Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer after Radical Surgery: A Retrospective Clinical Analysis with Small Sample Size
Joint Authors
Sunagawa, Masataka
Wang, Shanshan
Zhao, Xueyu
Dai, Xiaojun
Yang, Ting
Yan, Yan
Zhu, Guang
Feng, Jun
Pan, Bo
Zhang, Xiaochun
Qian, Yayun
Liu, Yanqing
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-07-25
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objective.
This study was designed to evaluate the clinical efficacy of combined traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and conventional chemotherapy versus conventional chemotherapy in patients with stage II-IIIA non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after radical surgery.
Methods.
A retrospective cohort study was conducted in patients with stage II-IIIA NSCLC from Subei People's Hospital and Yangzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital in Yangzhou City of Jiangsu Province from 2012 to 2016.
Patients were divided into two groups: the TCM user group (patients receiving treatment with integrated TCM and conventional chemotherapy) and the non-TCM user group (patients receiving conventional chemotherapy only).
The two groups were compared for their median disease-free survival (DFS) and median overall survival (OS).
Results.
A total of 67 patients with stage II-IIIA NSCLC were enrolled between January 2012 and December 2016.
The median DFS for the non-TCM user group was 601 days (95% confidence interval [CI], 375.7-826.3).
The median DFS for TCM user group could not be calculated.
However, log-rank analysis showed that the median survival time in the TCM user group was significantly longer than that of the non-TCM user group (P < 0.05).
In addition, several significant risk factors were detected for predicting disease prognosis in patients with NSCLC, such as age, ECOG, lymphatic metastasis, and body mass index (BMI).
For patients harboring these independent risk factors, the DFS of TCM user group was much longer than that of non-TCM user group (P < 0.05).
Conclusion.
Adjuvant therapy with TCM may reduce the rate of tumor recurrence and metastasis and prolong DFS of patients with stage II-IIIA NSCLC.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Zhao, Xueyu& Dai, Xiaojun& Wang, Shanshan& Yang, Ting& Yan, Yan& Zhu, Guang…[et al.]. 2018. Traditional Chinese Medicine Integrated with Chemotherapy for Stage II-IIIA Patients with Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer after Radical Surgery: A Retrospective Clinical Analysis with Small Sample Size. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1155187
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Zhao, Xueyu…[et al.]. Traditional Chinese Medicine Integrated with Chemotherapy for Stage II-IIIA Patients with Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer after Radical Surgery: A Retrospective Clinical Analysis with Small Sample Size. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1155187
American Medical Association (AMA)
Zhao, Xueyu& Dai, Xiaojun& Wang, Shanshan& Yang, Ting& Yan, Yan& Zhu, Guang…[et al.]. Traditional Chinese Medicine Integrated with Chemotherapy for Stage II-IIIA Patients with Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer after Radical Surgery: A Retrospective Clinical Analysis with Small Sample Size. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1155187
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1155187