Clinical Study on Treatment of 61 Cases of Elderly Patients with Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer with Chinese Medicine Combined Chemotherapy / 国际中医中药杂志

ABSTRACT

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.