Usage of Chinese Herbs in Cancer Patients in Southern China:A Survey

作     者：XIONG Shao-quan CHEN Yu WANG Li-juan LYU Pan-pan LIAO Wan WANG Cui KE Jian-long ZHU Xi WANG Jin-yang SHEN Xian-ying LI Guang-ping LIN Li-zhu XIONG Shao-quan;CHEN Yu;WANG Li-juan;LYU Pan-pan;LIAO Wan;WANG Cui;KE Jian-long;ZHU Xi;WANG Jin-yang;SHEN Xian-ying;LI Guang-ping;LIN Li-zhu

作者机构：Department of OncologyAffiliated Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChengdu610000China Department of OncologyFriendship Hospital of Sichuan Provincial People's HospitalSichuan ProvinceChengdu610000China Department of OncologyTraditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Shaanxi ProvinceShaanxi ProvinceXi'an710000China School of Clinical MedicineChengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineSichuan ProvinceChengdu610075China State Key Laboratory of Characteristic Chinese Drug Resources in Southwest ChinaChengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChengdu611137China Department of Oncologythe First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese MedicineGuangzhou510405China 

出 版 物：《Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine》 (中国结合医学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2021年第27卷第7期

页      面：502-508页

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学科分类：1006[医学-中西医结合] 100602[医学-中西医结合临床] 10[医学] 

基　　金：Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81573968) Sichuan Provincial Science and Technology Department Project(No.2017JY0327) 

主　　题：Chinese medicine herbs cancer South China efficacy side and toxic effect 

摘      要：Objective To study the use of Chinese medicine(CM)in cancer patients in southern *** A total of 1,950 cancer patients finished questionnaires in four provinces in southern *** survey included socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of participants,dosage forms,efficacy,and side *** The study results showed that cancer patients with higher education(12 years)were more likely to accept the treatment of Chinese *** were 54.61%(1,065 cases)of patients chose Chinese herbs for the initial treatment and 14.46%(282 cases)chose Chinese herbs as *** patients(54.51%,1,063 cases)continuously used CM for more than 6 months,and a few of them(212 cases)used CM for up to 3 *** kinds of dosage forms of CM had been used,including CM decoction,CM patent prescription and CM *** the efficacy in the view of patients,40.31%(786 cases)believed that it would be effective to take Chinese herbs before they starting the anti-cancer treatment,and the percentage increased to 81.08%after 1-month CM *** effect of Chinese herbs was mainly demonstrated by symptom relief and improvement of quality of life,and 8.31%(162 cases)of patients experienced control of tumor growth and decreased tumor ***,only 14.31%(279 cases)participants reported that they experienced side effects during CM *** This large scale investigation reflects the current situation of domestic CM usage objectively and comprehensively,which might provide new ways for cancer treatment.