Table 3 Prevalence and patterns of treatments
From: Cancer patients' attitudes towards Chinese medicine: a Hong Kong survey
Variables | No. of patients n(%) | Western medicine n(%) | Chinese medicine n(%) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 786(100) | 337(42.9) | 449(57.1) | |
Conventional treatment | 781(99.4) | 337(100) | 444(98.9) | 0.052 |
Surgery | 453(57.6) | 196(58.2) | 257(57.2) | 0.796 |
Chemotherapy | 501(63.7) | 184(54.6) | 317(70.6) | < 0.001 |
Radiotherapy | 487(62.0) | 208(61.7) | 279(62.1) | 0.905 |
Endocrine therapy | 84(10.7) | 36(10.7) | 48(10.7) | 0.997 |
Palliative therapy | 12(1.5) | 1(0.3) | 11(2.4) | 0.015 |
Chinese medicine | 449(57.1) | --- | 449(100) | --- |
treatment | 424(53.9) | --- | 424(94.4) | |
Chinese Herbal Medicine | 21(2.7) | --- | 21(4.7) | |
Acupuncture and Moxibustion | 11(1.4) | --- | 11(2.4) | |
Therapeutic Massage | 40(5.1) | --- | 40(8.9) | |
Qigong | 75(9.5) | --- | 75(16.7) | |
Chinese Dietary Therapy | ||||