Cohort study on the effect of a combined treatment of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine on the relapse and metastasis of 222 patients with stage II and III colorectal cancer after radical operation

Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 251-256

  Yang, Yu Fei ^a   Ge, Jian Zhong ^a   Wu, Yu ^a   Xu, Yun ^a   Liang, Bi Yan ^a   Luo, Lin ^a   Wu, Xian Wen ^a   Liu, Duan Qi ^b   Zhang, Xia ^b   Song, Fei Xiang ^b   Geng, Zhen Ying ^b  

^a XIYUAN HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Colorectal cancer; Combined therapy of traditional Chinese medicine; Conventional Western medicine therapy; Relapse and metastasis

Indexed keywords

BAZHEN; CAPECITABINE; CHAICHU SHUGAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HUACHANSU; OXALIPLATIN; PINGXIAO; QUXIE; SIJUNZI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOGENESIS; CHINESE MEDICINE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; OPERATION DURATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; THERAPY EFFECT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WESTERN MEDICINE;

COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECURRENCE;

EID: 57749192056     PISSN: 16720415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11655-008-0251-9     Document Type: Article

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