Traditional Chinese medicinal herbs in the treatment of patients with esophageal cancer: a systematic review

Authors
Category Structured summary of systematic reviews
JournalDatabase of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
Year 2009
CRD SUMMARY: The authors concluded that current studies provided some evidence that traditional Chinese medicine combined with radiotherapy or chemotherapy may be superior to conventional treatment alone for oesophageal cancer, but that these studies had a high risk of bias. Although the authors acknowledged the poor quality of the evidence, their conclusions appear over-optimistic and should be interpreted with caution.
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First added on: Jun 08, 2012