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Objective:To determine whether additional Chinese medicine (CM) could prolong survival and improve the quality of life (QOL) in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) compared with Western medicine (WM) alone.Methods:This was a multicen
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Department of Oncology, Guang’anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100
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Objective:To determine whether additional Chinese medicine (CM) could prolong survival and improve the quality of life (QOL) in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) compared with Western medicine (WM) alone.Methods:This was a multicenter,prospective cohort study.A total of 474 hospitalized patients with stage Ⅲ-Ⅳ NSCLC were recruited and divided into 2 groups.Patients in the WM group received radiotherapy,chemotherapy,and optimal supportive therapy according to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines.In the integrative medicine (IM) group,individualized CM (Chinese patent medicines and injections) and WM were administered.The primary end point was overall survival,and the secondary end points were time to disease progression,adverse events,and QOL.Follow-up clinical examinations and chest radiography were performed every 2 months.Results:The median survival was 16.60 months in the IM group and 13.13 months in the WM group (P＜0.01).The incidences of loss of appetite,nausea,and vomiting in the IM group were significantly lower than those in the WM group (P＜0.05).The QOL based on Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Lung in the IM group was markedly higher than that in the WM group at the fourth course (P＜0.05).Conclusions:Additional CM may prolong survival and improve the QOL patients with NSCLC.The adverse effects of radio-and chemotherapy may be attenuated as CM is used in combination with conventional treatments.
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