Dialectic classification of syndrome diagnosis in traditional Chinese medicine used as new criterion for evaluating prognosis of patients with cervical cancer

• Published in: Journal of Tongji Medical University Vol. 11; no. 2; p. 123
• Main Authors: Yu, S Y, Zhang, L A, Yang, J X, Qian, Z K, Peng, Y W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: China 01.06.1991
• Subjects: Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - mortality; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - radiotherapy; Female; Humans; Medicine, Chinese Traditional; Prognosis; Survival Rate; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - mortality; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - radiotherapy; Yang Deficiency - mortality; Yang Deficiency - radiotherapy; Yin Deficiency - mortality; Yin Deficiency - radiotherapy
• ISSN: 0257-716X
• DOI: 10.1007/BF02888101

254 patients with cervical cancer were treated by radiotherapy from Jan 1979 to Dec 1984. All the patients were followed up at least for more than 3 years, of them 180 for over 5 years. According to various symptoms, picture of the tongue and pulse condition, the disease was classified into 4 types, namely: 1) deficiency of liver-yin and kidney-yin, 2) deficiency of splenic qi, 3) internal retention of damp-heat, and 4) stagnation of qi and blood or stagnation of liver qi. The survival rate of the various types was quite different. The patients of type 4 had the worst prognosis. The prognosis of patients with type 1 was significantly better than that of patients with type 4. The difference was of statistical significance (P less than 0.01).