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

Rui Liu; Shu-lin He; Yoshiro Hirasaki; Hong-gang Zheng; Bao-jin Hua

doi:10.1007/s11655-015-2309-9

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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

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- 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
- Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine Vol. 22, Issue 7, Pages: 545-548(2016)
- Affiliations：
  
  1. Oncology Department, Guang’anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences,Beijing,China
  2. Beijing University of Chinese Medicine,Beijing,China
  3. Department of Japanese-Oriental (Kampo) Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University,Chiba,Japan
- Author bio：
- Funds：
  
  Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81273718 and No. 81102719)
- DOI：10.1007/s11655-015-2309-9
  CLC：
- Published：2016，
  
  Published Online：23 November 2015，
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Liu, R., He, Sl., Hirasaki, Y. et al. 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., Chin. J. Integr. Med. 22, 545–548 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-015-2309-9

Rui Liu, Shu-lin He, Yoshiro Hirasaki, et al. 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. [J]. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine 22(7):545-548(2016)
Liu, R., He, Sl., Hirasaki, Y. et al. 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., Chin. J. Integr. Med. 22, 545–548 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-015-2309-9 DOI：

Rui Liu, Shu-lin He, Yoshiro Hirasaki, et al. 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. [J]. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine 22(7):545-548(2016) DOI： 10.1007/s11655-015-2309-9.

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lung cancerChinese Herbal MedicineAdvanced Lung CancerAstragalus membranaceusPanax Quinquefolium

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lung cancerChinese Herbal MedicineAdvanced Lung CancerAstragalus membranaceusPanax Quinquefolium

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