Effect of add-on therapy with Traditional Chinese Medicine on the survival of patients with anemic lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes in the real-world setting: a retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To illustrate the effect of add-on therapy of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) on the long-term survival of anemic lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (LR-MDS) patients.

Methods

In this study, we conducted a retrospective analysis of the data of patients with LR-MDS who were identified from Shuguang Hospital between January 2006 and June 2020. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to calculate overall survival (OS), while the Cox model was employed to analyze prognostic factors of long-term survival. A total of 162 patients who met the inclusion criteria were divided into two groups: the TCM group (n = 78) or the non-TCM group (n = 84).

Results

There were no significant differences in baseline characteristics. The cumulative survival rate of the

SUBMITTER: Weiying QU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11764935 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature