The impact of chemotherapy in cancer patients: reflection on traditional Chinese symptom complex, cancer-related fatigue, and quality of life.
Traditional Chinese medicine is a trend in cancer holistic care. We found that patients undergoing chemotherapy had more traditional Chinese medicine symptom complexes with qi and blood deficiency and led poor quality of life and experienced fatigue. The traditional Chinese medicine theory based on qi and blood supply in cancer care deserves further research.
Institute of Traditional Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Peitou, Taipei, Taiwan.
Tsai-Ju
TJ
Chien
Che-Pin
CP
Lin
You-Lung
YL
Song
Chung-Hua
CH
Hsu
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001769:Blood; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005221:Fatigue / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D019413:Qi; D011788:Quality of Life
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents