ArticleJournal of traditional and complementary medicine2017
Demographic and medication characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine users among colorectal cancer survivors: A nationwide database study in Taiwan.
Article in Journal of traditional and complementary medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Elucidating the Mechanisms of Astragalus Membranaceus in Colorectal Cancer Patients through Bioinformatics Analysis.Current medicinal chemistry · 2025Article
- Astragalus mongholicus Bunge and Curcuma aromatica Salisb. inhibits liver metastasis of colon cancer by regulating EMT via the CXCL8/CXCR2 axis and PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway.Chinese medicine · 2022Article
- Astragalus membranaceus (Huangqi) and Rhizoma curcumae (Ezhu) decoction suppresses colorectal cancer via downregulation of Wnt5/β-Catenin signal.Chinese medicine · 2022Article
- Anticancer Effects of Fufang Yiliu Yin Formula on Colorectal Cancer Through Modulation of the PI3K/Akt Pathway and BCL-2 Family Proteins.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2020Article
- Antioxidant and anticancer activities of Trigonella foenum-graecum, Cassia acutifolia and Rhazya stricta.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2018Article
- Concurrent administration of anticancer chemotherapy drug and herbal medicine on the perspective of pharmacokinetics.Journal of food and drug analysis · 2018Review
- Effect of Chinese Herbal Medicine on the Survival of Colorectal Cancer Patients With Liver-Limited Metastases: A Retrospective Cohort Study, 2008 to 2017.Integrative cancer therapiesArticle
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Chinese herbal product (CHP) is the major type of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and widely used to relief the symptom of colorectal cancer. The aim of the study was to analyze the utilization of CHP for treating patients with colorectal cancer in Taiwan. The usage of CHP, frequency of services, and prescription pattern for colorectal cancer were analyzed from a randomly sampled cohort of 1 million beneficiaries from the National Health Insurance Research Database. The odds ratios for utilization of CHP were estimated with logistic regression model. 2846 patients were newly diagnosed as colorectal cancer during 1998-2008 in the million cohort in Taiwan. 42.7% (n = 1214) of them used CHP. Colorectal cancer was the most common diagnosis coded by TCM doctor, followed by symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions. Costusroot and Amomum Six Gentlemen Decoction ( xiāng shā liù jūn zǐ tāng) was the most frequently prescribed formula for treating colorectal cancer. Among the top 10 most frequently prescribed CHP for treating colorectal cancer, six containing Ginseng Radix (,
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.