Use of Chinese medicine by women with breast cancer: A nationwide cross-sectional study in Taiwan

Reduction of surgery rate in endometriosis patients who take Chinese medicine: a population-based retrospective cohort study

“…A comparison of socio-demographic factors between CM users and nonusers in the present study shows that CM users had higher income levels than CM nonusers among endometriosis patients. This coincides with another study that extracted subjects of the same disease from 1998 to 2008, 2 and of two other female-specific diseases: uterine fibroid and breast cancer 17,18 ; this phenomenon, however, does not exist among males. 13,19 This study also observed that subjects without childbirth experience were likely to use CM, in agreement with a previous report that found infertility to be a factor that drives patients to use CM.…”

Breast Cancer Survivors' Efforts to Renew and Preserve Their Health in Taiwan

“…Chinese beliefs and values also include herbal treatments and diet therapy (Chen, 2002). Approximately 35.6% of breast cancer patients used TCM outpatient services in Taiwan (Lin and Chiu, 2011). Buddhism has a strong influence on the beliefs and values of Chinese people.…”

Analysis of the Medical Market Share of Traditional East Asian Medicine (TEAM) in Taiwan Using National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD)

“…Shih C-C et al 23) 2012 33) In 1997∼2010, 9.25% patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia and received radiotherapy and chemotherapy used TEAM 34) Colon cancer In 2004∼2008, 19.81% of newly diagnosed colon cancer patients used TEAM 35) In 2007, 26.9% of newly diagnosed colorectal cancer patients used TEAM 36) Head and neck cancer In 2000∼2011, 37.51% of newly diagnosed head and neck cancer patients used TEAM 37) Pediatric cancer In 2001∼2011, 62.37% of newly diagnosed pediatric cancer patients used TEAM 38) Breast cancer In 1999∼2008, 81.55% of newly diagnosed breast cancer patients used TEAM 39) In 2007, 35.6% of breast cancer patients used TEAM 40) In 2009, 37.33% of breast cancer patients used TEAM 41) Uterine fibroid In 2000∼2003, 73.33% of newly diagnosed uterine fibroid patients used TEAM 42) In 1996∼2010, 25.84% of uterine fibroid patients used TEAM 43) In 2002∼2010, 87.08% of newly diagnosed uterine fibroid patients used TEAM 44) Prostate cancer In 1996∼2008, 38.8% of prostate cancer patients used TEAM 45) In 1998∼2003, 64.5% of newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients used TEAM 46) In 2003∼2008, 52.6% of prostate cancer patients used TEAM 47) In 2007, 22.4% of outpatients with prostate cancer received prescription of herbal medicine 48) Lung cancer In 1996∼2010, Of the lung cancer patients, 31.17% of the operation patients and 26.32% of the non-operation patients used TEAM 49) Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, and immunity disorders (3.59%) Hyperlipidemia In 2003∼2009, 82.95% of hyperlipidemia patients used TEAM 50) Diabetes mellitus In 2000∼2011, 20.55% of type I diabetes mellitus patients used TEAM 51) In 1998∼2008, 77.91% of newly diagnosed type II diabetes mellitus adult patients used TEAM 52) Mental disorders (3.10%)…”