Title: Efficacy of TCM retention enema on prevention in cervical cancer patients radiation proctitis
Abstract:Objective:To observe the efficacy of TCM retention enema to prevent radiation proctitis of cervical cancer.Methods: All 86 cervical cancer patients treated with radiation were randomly divided into ob...Objective:To observe the efficacy of TCM retention enema to prevent radiation proctitis of cervical cancer.Methods: All 86 cervical cancer patients treated with radiation were randomly divided into observation group(40 patients) and the control group(46 patients).The patients in the observation group took TCM and radiotherapy together while the patients in the control group just took radiotherapy alone.Results: The radiation proctitis incidence was 18.6 percent in all the patients.There were 3 cases of radiation proctitis in the observation group,the incidence was 7.5 percent;There were 13 cases in the control group,the incidence was 28.2 percent,the incidence in the observation group was significantly lower than control group(P0.05).Conclusion: TCM retention enema can significantly reduce the incidence of radiation proctitis in patients of cervical cancer.Read More
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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