Table 3: TCM therapies for cancer in case series published in Chinese journals.

TCM therapy No. of publications (a) Frequency (a/1217*) No. of patients (b) Frequency (b/92945) Herbal medicine 1102 90.55% 86,741 93.33%     Formula based on syndrome differentiation 703 57.76% 59,454 63.97%     Self-prescribed formula 127 10.44% 26,632 28.65%     Chinese patent medicine 140 11.50% 12,804 13.78%     Preparation used in specific hospital 107 8.79% 7,058 7.59%     Injection extracted from herbs 114 9.37% 5,753 6.19%     Single-herb preparation 30 2.47% 1,234 1.33%     Classical formula or concerted formula 22 1.81% 833 0.90% Acupoint stimulation 160 13.15% 8,371 9.01%     Manual acupuncture 79 6.49% 3,801 4.09%     Acupuncture point injection 57 4.68% 2,900 3.12%     Electroacupuncture 11 0.90% 1,029 1.11%     Moxibustion 19 1.56% 799 0.86%     Ear acupuncture 12 0.99% 721 0.78%     Cupping 2 0.16% 92 0.10% Dietary therapy 12 0.99% 667 0.72% Qigong therapy 7 0.58% 2,117 2.28% Massage (Tuina) 6 0.49% 214 0.23%

*Combination of TCM therapies was described in some reports.