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The Cochrane Library

1800‐2006

#1 (colorectal tumor) or (colorectal cancer) or (colorectal carcinoma) or (colorectal neoplasm) or (colorectal adenocarcinoma) or (colorectal adenoma) or (colonic cancer) in All Fields in all products 3483 edit delete
#2 MeSH descriptor Colorectal Neoplasms explode all trees in MeSH products 2618 edit delete
#3 (#1 OR #2) 3930 edit delete
#4 (traditional chinese medicine) or (chinese herbal medicine) or (chinese herbal medicine plant extract) or (herbal medicine) in All Fields in all products 2489 edit delete
#5 MeSH descriptor Drugs, Chinese Herbal explode all trees in MeSH products 957 edit delete
#6 MeSH descriptor Medicine, Herbal explode all trees in MeSH products 16 edit delete
#7 (#4 OR #5 OR #6) 2579 edit delete
#8 chemotherapy or radiotherapy in All Fields in all products 27063 edit delete
#9 (#3 AND #7) 24 edit delete
#10 (#3 AND #7 AND #8) 12 edit delete
#11 (#9 OR #10) 24 (13 in Central)

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