title: [Retrospective study on the dynamic development of Chinese medical syndrome types of gastric cancer].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the effects of surgery and chemotherapy on the development of Chinese medical syndrome types on patients with gastric cancer (GC), thus providing the evidence for treating GC by Chinese medical syndrome differentiation and treatment by stages.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective study was carried out in 500 GC patients according to before and after surgery, the surgical ways, before and after chemotherapy to observe the dynamic development of Chinese medical syndrome types of GC.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Pi deficiency syndrome dominated in GC patients of single syndrome or two syndromes before and after surgery. After surgery (after radical resection or palliative resection) Pi deficiency syndrome and blood deficiency syndrome significantly increased. There was statistical difference in syndrome type changes before and after chemotherapy (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Deficiency syndrome mainly dominated in GC patients. They should be treated by stages when Chinese medicine and pharmacy took part in its treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Tumor, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou 310006, China.
authors.forename: Cheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Sheng-You
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Jing-Lei
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult