title: Study on TCM Syndrome Differentiation of Primary Liver Cancer Based on the Analysis of Latent Structural Model.
abstract: Primary liver cancer (PLC) is one of the most common malignant tumors because of its high incidence and high mortality. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) plays an active role in the treatment of PLC. As the most important part in the TCM system, syndrome differentiation based on the clinical manifestations from traditional four diagnostic methods has met great challenges and questions with the lack of statistical validation support. In this study, we provided evidences for TCM syndrome differentiation of PLC using the method of analysis of latent structural model from clinic data, thus providing basis for establishing TCM syndrome criteria. And also we obtain the common syndromes of PLC as well as their typical clinical manifestations, respectively.
authors: Changhai Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors: Zhan
authors: Z
authors: Gu
authors: Changhai Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors: Xiuzhong
authors: X
authors: Qi
authors: Changhai Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors: Xiaofeng
authors: X
authors: Zhai
authors: Changhai Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors: Qingbo
authors: Q
authors: Lang
authors: Anhui Jing'an Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Hefei 230031, China.
authors: Jianying
authors: J
authors: Lu
authors: Anhui Jing'an Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Hefei 230031, China.
authors: Changping
authors: C
authors: Ma
authors: Changhai Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors: Long
authors: L
authors: Liu
authors: Changhai Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors: Xiaoqiang
authors: X
authors: Yue