ArticleIntegrative cancer therapies
Chinese Herbal Medicine Combined With Liuzijue Exercise in Physiological Rehabilitation After Video-assisted Lung Lobectomy for Cancer: A Prospective Propensity Score Matching Study.
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- The impact of traditional mind-body exercises on pulmonary function, exercise capacity, and quality of life in patients with lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy of traditional Chinese exercise on postoperative rehabilitation in lung cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- A Clinical nomogram for predicting chronic postsurgical pain in patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.BMC surgery · 2026Article
- A score prediction model for predicting the heterogeneity symptom trajectories among lung cancer patients during perioperative period: a longitudinal observational study.Annals of medicine · 2025Observational
- Amelioration of T lymphocyte subsets, inflammatory factors and gastrointestinal function by traditional Chinese medicine rehabilitation management in postoperative chemotherapy for lung cancer.Journal of medical biochemistry · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo observe the clinical efficacy of Chinese herbal medicine combined with Liuzijue exercise on the physiological symptoms and quality of life (QoL) in postoperative patients with early-stage lung cancer.
methodsOne hundred and eighty-three lung cancer patients who underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) were categorize into either a traditional Chinese medicine treatment group (CM) or a control group (non-traditional Chinese medicine treatment, NC), among whom 73 underwent Chinese herbal medicine and Liuzijue therapy, while 110 underwent no comprehensive treatment with traditional Chinese medicine. The propensity score matching (PSM) method with a 1:2 ratio was used to balance the baseline characteristics and evaluate the efficacy of CM in improving postoperative symptoms and QoL.
resultsCough, dyspnea, chest pain, and fatigue were the most common clinical symptoms after VATS. Except for chest pain, they were all correlated with the scope of operation (
conclusionComprehensive treatment with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) can provide therapeutic benefits in physiological rehabilitation after VATS for cancer.
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