Research Article

Effects of Traditional Chinese Medicine on Chemotherapy-Induced Myelosuppression and Febrile Neutropenia in Breast Cancer Patients

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Flow diagram of the study. The patients databases included 1028 breast cancer patients. In TCM treatment group (group 1), 453 breast cancer patients received TCM treatment in the setting of chemotherapy-induced myelosuppression. In control group (group 2), 359 breast cancer patients did not receive TCM treatment in the setting of chemotherapy-induced myelosuppression. In the propensity score model, 577 pairs of matched patients were generated for baseline-adjusted analyses.