Analysis on the TCM Syndromes of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Objective To investigate the distribution of TCM syndromes of non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC) and study its relation with histopathological types and clinical stages.Methods Totally 125 NSCLC patients diagnosed with histopathology or cytology were investigated with self-made questionnaire on TCM syndromes.The distribution of TCM syndromes in different histopathological types and clinical stages was analyzed.Results There were only 5 patients,accounted for 4%,menifesting as single syndrome,and there were 115 patients,occounted for 92%,having composite syndromes,and there were 5 patients,being 4%,having no symptoms.There were 15 patients,accounted for 12.0%,having two single syndromes together,and there were 100 patients,counted for 80.0%,having three or more syndromes complicated with each other.In the different histopathological types,there was no statistical difference in the distribution of TCM syndromes(P0.05).In the different clinical stages,there was statistical difference in the distribution of TCM syndromes(P0.05).Conclusion Qi deficiency,phlegm stagnation,and blood stasis are the most common TCM syndromes of NSCLC patients.The patients of stages Ⅰ and Ⅱare mostly having excess syndromes,and those of stages Ⅲ and Ⅳ are mainly having complicated syndromes of deficiency-excess and deficiency syndromes.There is no significant correlation between the TCM syndromes and histopathology.