RESULTS: The data of the 398 newly diagnosed patients
showed that Qi Stagnation, Blood Stasis, and
Dampness patterns were more frequent than the
other basic patterns with relatively high scores; patterns
of Liver Qi Stagnation, Liver Blood Stasis, and
Dampness Heat were more than the other complex
patterns and scored relatively high. Scores of
Dampness and Liver Qi Stagnation patterns varied
among the groups at different stages and the differences
were statistically significant (PDampness = 0.002,
PLiver Qi Stagnation = 0.020). The highest scores of Dampness
pattern and Liver Qi Stagnation pattern corresponded
with Stage Ⅲb, and Stage Ⅲa, respectively.
Dampness pattern frequency was higher (P =
0.001) in the Stage Ⅲb group than in other groups.
CONCLUSION: Pattern characteristics in patients
with primary liver cancer of different clinical stages
might manifest in the variations of the Dampness
pattern along the process of the disease and the
major pathogenic factor of primary liver cancer
might be Dampness.
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Key words: Carcinoma, hepatocellular; Neoplasm
staging; Medicine, Chinese traditional; Pattern