title: Therapeutic effects of the combined Chinese and Western medicine on metastatic carcinoma in the supraclavicular lymph nodes--an analysis of 285 cases.
abstract: Between 1985 and 1989, 285 cases of metastatic carcinoma in the supraclavicular lymph nodes were treated by the following five methods: Chinese medication, radiotherapy plus Chinese medication, chemotherapy plus Chinese medication, combined Chinese and Western medicine and expectant treatment. Analysis shows that radiotherapy plus Chinese medication has the best curative effect with an effective rate of 75.5%. The effective rates were 74.2% for the combined treatment, 55.5% for the chemotherapy plus medication, 12.5% for the Chinese medication, and none for expectant treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Sino-Japanese Friendship Hospital, Beijing.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011882:Radiotherapy, High-Energy
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal