Chinese herbal medicine as maintenance therapy for improving the quality of life for advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients

Highlights • CHM may be considered as maintenance therapy for advanced NSCLC patients. • CHM as maintenance therapy may have a potential to prolong PFS time for advanced NSCLC. • CHM as maintenance therapy may be beneficial in improving the QOL for advanced NSCLC. • CHM is well tolerated.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Complementary therapies in medicine 2016-02, Vol.24, p.81-89
Hauptverfasser:	Han, Yan, Wang, Huan, Xu, Weiru, Cao, Bangwei, Han, Lei, Jia, Liqun, Xu, Yongmei, Zhang, Qing, Wang, Xiaoming, Zhang, Ganlin, Yu, Mingwei, Yang, Guowang
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Cancer therapies Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung - drug therapy Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung - mortality Chemotherapy China Chinese herbal medicine Chinese medicine Confidence intervals Cytotoxicity Disease-Free Survival Drugs, Chinese Herbal - therapeutic use Female Herbal medicine Humans Internal Medicine Kaplan-Meier Estimate Lung cancer Lung Neoplasms - drug therapy Lung Neoplasms - mortality Maintenance therapy Male Medical Education Middle Aged Mortality Non-small cell lung cancer Ovarian cancer Progression-free survival Quality of Life Studies Treatment according to syndrome differentiation
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights • CHM may be considered as maintenance therapy for advanced NSCLC patients. • CHM as maintenance therapy may have a potential to prolong PFS time for advanced NSCLC. • CHM as maintenance therapy may be beneficial in improving the QOL for advanced NSCLC. • CHM is well tolerated.
ISSN:	0965-2299 1873-6963
DOI:	10.1016/j.ctim.2015.12.008