Complementary Chinese herbal medicine therapy improves survival of patients with gastric cancer in Taiwan: A nationwide retrospective matched-cohort study

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 199, Issue , 2017, Pages 168-174

  Hung, Kuo Feng ^a   Hsu, Ching Ping ^b,c   Chiang, Jen Huai ^a,d   Lin, Hung Jen ^a,d   Kuo, Yi Ting ^e,f   Sun, Mao Feng ^a,e   Yen, Hung Rong ^a,d,e  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c MACKAY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f DALIN TZU CHI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chinese herbal medicine; Complementary and alternative medicine; Gastric cancer; National Health Insurance Research Database; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHINESE MEDICINE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY RISK; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TAIWAN; TOTAL STOMACH RESECTION; ADOLESCENT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85011698023     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2017.02.004     Document Type: Article

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