The type of Traditional Chinese Medicine syndrome predicts prognosis and chemotherapeutic outcomes in colorectal cancer

ConclusionsThe prognosis of CRC patients with deficiency syndrome was better than patients with excess syndrome. Patients with excess syndrome could benefit from postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy. Moreover, patients with deficiency syndrome have the best prognosis among the six TCM syndrome types.
Source: European Journal of Integrative Medicine - Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research