Combined therapy of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine for advanced lung cancer
LIU Zhan-xiang
LI Yan-li
WEI An-meng
Abstract：Objective To observe the curative effect of combined therapy of traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine (TCM WM therapy)for advanced lung cancer. Methods Sixty-five patients of advanced lung cancer were randomly divided into therapy group (33 cases) and control group (32 cases). In control group, CAP schedule was used in patients with non small-cell lung cancer and EP schedule was used in patients with small cell lung cancer. A therapeutic period in two groups was four weeks and one course of treatment needed three to four pe-rieds . The therapy group was given differential treatment with herbal medicines. The phlegrm and petechia type was given Liujunzi decoction and Ditan decoction. The Qi and Yin deficiency type was given Renshenyangrong decoc-tion. The Yin and Yang deficiency type was given Zishengwan decoction. Results Clinical symptom, quality of life and life span in therapy group were significantly better than control group (P < 0.05). After treatment, the improved stability rates of cough, blood in sputum, chest pain, dyspnea, anorexia were 81.8% (27/33), 75.8% (25/33), 69.7% (23/33), 81.8% (27/33) and 69.7% (23/33);the control group were 46.9% (15/32), 31.2% (10/32), 31.2% (10/32), 34.4% (11/32) and 37.5% (12 / 32). Differences between the two groups were statistically significant(P < 0.05). The average survival days of therapy group (322 d)was longer than that of the control group (145 d)(P < 0.01). Conclusion Combined therapy of traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine is effective for treatment of advanced lung cancer.
Keywords：Lung neoplasmsTCM WM therapy
Publication Date：2009-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-14(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：2( 590-591 )