Research Article
Use of Chinese Herbal Medicine Improves Chemotherapy-Induced Thrombocytopenia among Gynecological Cancer Patients: An Observational Study
Table 2
Characteristics of the patients treated with Chinese herbal medicine formula: Chang-Gung platelet elevating formula (CGPEF).
| | Count (%) | Median (Q1; Q3) |
| Age | | 59.63 (49.11;64.75) | Cancer type | | | Cervical cancer | 5 (27.8) | | Ovarian cancer | 11 (61.1) | | Endometrial cancer | 2 (11.1) | |
| Comorbidities | | | Hypertension | 1 (5.6) | | Diabetes mellitus | 0 (0) | | Ischemic heart disease | 0 (0) | | Cerebral vascular disease | 0 (0) | | Coagulopathy/bleeding disorder | 0 (0) | | Other malignancies | 0 (0) | |
| Preceding chemotherapy regimens | | 2.5 (1.0;4.0) | Chemotherapy regimens for CGPEF treatment | | | Cisplatin-based | 2 (11.1) | | Carboplatin-based | 13 (72.2) | | Taxane alone | 1 (5.6) | | Others | 2 (11.1) | |
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