The influence of adjunctive traditional Chinese medicine therapy on survival in primary liver cancer: a real-world study based on electronic medical records.

ABSTRACT: Background: Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) effectively improves the survival rate and quality of life of primary liver cancer patients, but high-level evidence is lacking. Patients and methods: Patients were selected from 5 tertiary hospitals in Henan Province, China. Two thousand sixty-seven patients with primary liver cancer were included in the study. The electronic medical records (EMRs) of the patients were collected. Patients who received adjunctive TCM treatment and underwent treatment cumulative time for more than 1 month were classified as the TCM intervention cohort. Patients who did not receive adjunctive TCM treatment or underwent treatment cumulative time for less than 1 month were classified as the non-TCM intervention cohort. The main outcome indicators wer

SUBMITTER: Zhao R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10544965 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature