Cluster Analysis on Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome of Metaphase and Advanced Lung Cancer / 中国中医药信息杂志

ABSTRACT

objective To analyse the traditional Chinese medicine syndromes of lung cancer by the way of variable cluster analysis. Methods 176 cases of lung cancer were collected and their symptoms were recorded. Then these patients’ clinical data were analyzed by variable cluster analysis. Results The Chinese medicine syndromes of these patients could be divided into 5 types, and the variable proportion is 50.94%. Conclusion TCM syndromes of metaphase and advanced lung cancer patients include both deficiency and excessive syndrome, mainly deficiency syndrome with. And, the way of variable cluster analysis could help TCM syndrome differentiation of lung cancer patients.