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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2017

Use of Chinese Medicine Reduces the Development of Cervical Cancer from Pap Smear-Diagnosed Cervical Dysplasia: A Case-Control Study.

Li-Ling Shen, Chih-Hsin Muo, Shan-Yu Su, Donald E Morisky

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Li-Ling ShenDepartment of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 40447, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-4376-7300
Chih-Hsin MuoDepartment of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan.
Shan-Yu SuDepartment of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 40447, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-0227-8471
Donald E MoriskyDepartment of Community Health Sciences, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772, USA.
China Medical University · TWUCLA Health · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Pap test diagnosed cervical dysplasia, which could recover to normal or progress to cervical cancer (CC), is an early stage of cell abnormality before CC. This case-control study analyzed the differences in the risk to develop CC between Chinese medicine (CM) users and nonusers among women who had ever been diagnosed as having cervical dysplasia. A total of 750 CC patients with a cervical dysplasia history were collected between 1998 and 2011 from National Health Insurance Research Database, and controls were women with cervical dysplasia history but did not develop CC. Adjusted odds ratio (aOR) for developing CC was assessed using multivariable logistic regression after adjusting for age, urbanization of residence, and occupation. The proportion of using CM among CC patients was lower than that among CC nonpatients, with an aOR of 0.8. By analyzing the relationship between CC development and the frequency of CM usage, the trend test revealed a significant decreasing trend for developing CC among high-frequency CM users. Moreover, the most frequently used single herb high-frequency was

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