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  • Title: [Effect of traditional Chinese medicine in improving quality of life of patients with non-small cell lung cancer in late stage].
    Author: Lin LZ, Zhou DH, Zheng XT.
    Journal: Zhongguo Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Za Zhi; 2006 May; 26(5):389-93. PubMed ID: 16883901.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To observe the effect of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in improving quality of life of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in III or IV stage, for establishing TCM therapeutic regimen on late NSCLC. METHODS: A total of 294 patients in 6 hospitals were randomly assigned into three groups, 99 in the TCM group treated with TCM according to disease and syndrome differentiation, 92 treated with chemotherapy in the western group and 103 treated with combined therapy of TCM and chemotherapy in the integrative group. Six items, including physical status, social/family status, intercourse with physicians, emotional status, functional status and additional concerning status, were investigated and analyzed by using Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-lung (FACT-L). RESULTS: The scores of social/family status and intercourse with physicians were insignificantly different in all three groups before and after treatment (P > 0.05). The improvement of physical status in the TCM group, and that of emotional status, functional status and additional concerned status in the integrative medicine group were superior to those in the other groups (P< 0.05). CONCLUSION: TCM has certain antagonistic effect on the adverse reaction of chemotherapy, and it can improve the quality of life of patients to certain extent.
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