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3 questions · 3 findings · 1 reviews

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Active cancer therapy combined with TCM vs active cancer therapy

Quality of life ‐ number experiencing improvement · patients with oesophageal cancer

Active cancer therapy combined with TCM may leads to higher quality of life ‐ number experiencing improvement compared with active cancer therapy (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Chinese herbal medicine for oesophageal cancer 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 2.2 [1.42, 3.39]
5 studies · 233 participants
Low

Active cancer therapy combined with TCM vs active cancer therapy

Quality of life ‐ number experiencing deterioration · patients with oesophageal cancer

Active cancer therapy combined with TCM may leads to lower quality of life ‐ number experiencing deterioration compared with active cancer therapy (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Chinese herbal medicine for oesophageal cancer 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.41 [0.27, 0.62]
6 studies · 287 participants
Low

Active cancer therapy combined with TCM vs active cancer therapy

Quality of life ‐ Karnofsky performance status Karnofsky status judged by clinicians. Scale: 0 to 100 · patients with oesophageal cancer

1 finding from 1 review

Chinese herbal medicine for oesophageal cancer 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 60 participants
Low