Meta-analysis of the effectiveness of Chinese and Western integrative medicine on medium and advanced lung cancer / 中国结合医学杂志
Chinese journal of integrative medicine
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(12): 862-867, 2012.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-347141
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To summarize the effectiveness of Chinese and Western integrative medicine in treating medium and advanced lung cancer, and to provide guidelines for clinical application.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>For this metaanalysis, a comparative search of Chinese medicine data in Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and Chinese BioMedical Literature Database (CBM) was undertaken to identify articles related to randomized comparative research of Chinese and Western integrative medicine in treating medium and advanced lung cancer between 1996 to 2006. Quality of life (QOL) was estimated using RevMan 4.2 software for data processing, adopting the odd ratio (OR) and the 95% confidence interval (CI).</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Through meta-analysis of 10 qualified articles, the results were as follows the merging effectiveness of QOL [OR=3.80, 95% CI (2.65, 5.47)]; the rate of survival [OR=3.44, 95% CI (2.04, 5.80)]; the tumor response rate [OR=1.88, 95% CI (1.37, 2.58)]; the tumor developing rate [OR=0.33, 95% CI (0.23, 0.48)]. Significant differences existed between the Chinese and Western integrative medicine treatment group and the Western treatment group (P<0.01).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Chinese and Western integrative medicine treatment of medium and advanced lung cancer has shown to improve patients' QOL and survival rate; it also can control tumor development in the short term.</p>
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Pathology
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Therapeutics
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Carcinoma
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Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
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Epidemiology
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Treatment Outcome
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Publication Bias
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Combined Modality Therapy
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Disease Progression
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Western World
Type of study:
Controlled clinical trial
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Diagnostic study
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Practice guideline
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Systematic reviews
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Chinese journal of integrative medicine
Year:
2012
Type:
Article
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