title: [Clinical observation on radio- or chemotherapy plus Traditional Chinese medicine in treating brain metastatic tumor].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the clinical efficacy of radio- or chemotherapy plus traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) by Syndrome Differentiation in treating brain metastatic tumor.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-one patients were randomized into four groups: Group A treated with chemotherapy plus TCM, Group B with radiotherapy plus TCM, Group C with chemotherapy alone and Group D with radiotherapy alone. The efficacies of the four groups were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The short-term response rate, living quality, 1-, 2-, 3- and 4-year survival rate, median survival period and immunity of the Group A and B were significantly higher than those of the Group C and D (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Radio- or chemotherapy plus TCM by Syndrome Differentiation has the effect of tumor growth inhibition, survival period extension and living quality enhancement in treating brain metastases.
authors.affiliation: Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning (530021).
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Quan
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008517:Phytotherapy
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal