title: An elderly patient with advanced lung cancer achieved long-term survival using Chinese medicine: An alternative treatment strategy for cancer patients aged 80 or older without a tissue confirmed diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Oncology Department, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100053, China.
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China.
authors.forename: Shu-Lin
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: Oncology Department, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100053, China.|Department of Japanese-Oriental (Kampo) Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 60-8670, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirasaki
authors.affiliation: Oncology Department, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100053, China.
authors.forename: Hong-Gang
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: Oncology Department, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100053, China. huabaojin@sohu.com.
authors.forename: Bao-Jin
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Hua
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000529:Complementary Therapies; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D016019:Survival Analysis; D047368:Tumor Burden
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal