Review Article
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% |
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*Combination of TCM therapies was described in some reports.
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