Systematic review and network meta-analysis comparing Chinese herbal injections with chemotherapy for treating patients with esophageal cancer

• Published in: Journal of international medical research Vol. 48; no. 1; p. 300060519898336
• Main Authors: Zhang, Dan, Wu, Jiarui, Wang, Haojia, Zhou, Wei, Ni, Mengwei, Liu, Xinkui, Zhang, Xiaomeng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.01.2020; Sage Publications Ltd; SAGE Publishing
• Subjects: Antineoplastic Agents - therapeutic use; Chemotherapy; China; Drugs, Chinese Herbal - adverse effects; Drugs, Chinese Herbal - therapeutic use; Esophageal cancer; Esophageal Neoplasms - drug therapy; Esophagus - pathology; Gastrointestinal Diseases - prevention & control; Humans; Injections; Leukopenia - prevention & control; Medicine, Chinese Traditional - adverse effects; Medicine, Chinese Traditional - methods; Meta Analysis; Phytotherapy; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Systematic review; Traditional Chinese medicine; Treatment Outcome; China; adverse drug reactions; Chinese herbal injection; esophageal cancer; traditional Chinese medicine; network meta-analysis; systematic review; chemotherapy

Objective This study compared Chinese herbal injections (CHIs) plus chemotherapy with chemotherapy alone in terms of clinical efficacy and safety for treating patients with esophageal cancer (EC). Methods Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of CHIs combined with chemotherapy for treating EC publishe...