Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndromes are Associated with Driver Gene Mutations and Clinical Characteristics in Patients with Lung Adenocarcinoma

Table 7

Associations between traditional Chinese medicine syndromes and cancer metastasis.

Metastasis		TCM syndrome (n)
		Lung-spleen Qi deficiency	Yin deficiency and internal heat	Qi and Yin deficiency	Qi stagnation and blood stasis	Yin and Yang deficiency
Lung	Yes	13	11	15	6	4	0.925
	No	19	18	24	13	4
Brain	Yes	10	5	7	5	4	0.251
	No	22	24	32	14	4
Bone	Yes	13	15	13	11	7	0.043
	No	19	14	26	8	1
Liver	Yes	4	4	2	3	0	0.558
	No	28	25	37	16	8
Pleura	Yes	12	4	8	6	3	0.206
	No	20	25	31	13	5
Lymph node	Yes	20	22	26	14	4	0.236
	No	12	7	13	5	4
Multiorgan	Yes	18	16	18	12	5	0.751
	No	14	13	21	7	3

Multiorgan metastasis refers to metastasis identified in ≥2 organs. Compared with Qi stagnation and blood stasis, .