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Objective To analyze the development, treatment, death cause and survival situation of malignant tumor in aging patients Method Retrospectively analysis was made on 106 aging patients died of malignant tumors, who received the treatment in our hospital. Result Of all 106 patients, 102 patients were in advanced stage(Ⅲ+Ⅳstage), occupying 96.23%,most of who also had some other basic senile diseases; 96.23% patients had been treated with TCM, which exceeded the ones who were treated with chemotherapy, radiotherapy and operation. Some aging patients with tumor had better survival time than other age patients; the top three causes of death for tumor were respiratory failure, infection and congestive heart failure. Conclusion Most of aging patients with malignant tumor were in advanced stage, TCM treatment is easily to be accepted by patients, due to its fewer side effects. In the meantime, we should treat the basic senile diseases positively and prevent their complications.
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Objective To observe clinical effect of Chinese medicine combined chemotherapy in the treatment of elderly patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Methods 61 cases of elderly patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients were randomly recruited into two groups. 30 cases in treatment group, which was treated with Chinese medicine combined single-drug chemotherapy, 31 cases in control group, which was treated with Chinese medicine combined combination-chemotherapy. After 42 days of 2 cycle, the clinical effect of both groups was observed. Results The treatment group was superior to the control group on improvement of quality of life, symptomatic improvement, the toxicity of chemotherapy and treatment costs. The difference between the two groups were significant (P< 0.05) . Conclusion Chinese medicine combined single-drug chemotherapy in the treatment of elderly patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer is superior to combined combination-chemotherapy.
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This paper described the progress of treating elderly patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer both domestically and abroad. The advantages of Chinese medicine and Chinese medicine combined with chemotherapy were emphasized.
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0.05). Conclusion Deficiency of Qi, Blood stasis, Damp-phlegm and Deficiency of Yin are main syndromes of TCM in adenocarcinoma and squamous carcinoma. In Deficiency of Qi, lung-deficiency of Qi and spleen-deficiency of Qi are common syndromes of TCM. Appearing frequency of syndromes of TCM between adenocarcinoma and squamous carcinoma is similar.
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Objective To analyze the clinical features and interval of multiple primary carcinoma (MPC). Methods 52 patients with MPCs between October 2002 and May 2007 were reviewed. Results 7 patients had synchronous carcinoma (13.46%), and 45 had metachronous carcinoma (86.54%). The interval between the first primary cancer and MPC was from 0 to 31 years, averaged 7.1 years. Male was 7.3 years, and female was 9.3 years (P