BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
Chinese herbal medicine (Yiqi Huayu Jiedu Decoction) combined with chemotherapy for preventing postoperative recurrence and metastasis in elderly gastric cancer patients: protocol for a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial
Abstract Introduction Gastric cancer (GC) has a generally unfavorable prognosis. Elderly patients often tolerate dual-drug chemotherapy poorly, experience limited benefits from monotherapy, and face high rates of postoperative recurrence and metastasis. To address this unmet clinical need, this study evaluates the efficacy and safety of Yiqi Huayu Jiedu Decoction (YHJD) combined with chemotherapy in preventing recurrence and metastasis in elderly patients with stage II/III GC after surgery. Method This is a multice …