Analysis of clinical syndromes in 47 patients with pancreatic cancer at late stage.

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the law governing the distribution of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndromes of pancreatic cancer. METHODS: The authors used retrospective study to statistically analyze TCM syndromes of patients, separated complex syndromes and calculated the frequency of appearance of single syndromes. RESULTS: The patients mainly suffered from 4 syndromes blood stasis syndrome, qi stagnation syndrome, qi (yang) deficiency syndrome, and phlegm dampness syndrome. The distribution of syndromes is rarely related to sex, age and morbid site of patients. CONCLUSION: Owing to complicated distribution of its syndromes, pancreatic cancer should be diagnosed and treated according to its characteristics of deficiency in origin and excess in superficiality.