Traditional Chinese Medicine in Cancer Care: A Review of Case Series Published in the Chinese Literature

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.