ABSTRACT
Objective To observe the prevention effect of glutathione on acute radiation enteritis in pelvic radiation therapy.Methods All 80 pelvic tumor patients treated with radiotherapy were randomly assigned to the control group (40 patients)and the treatment group (40 patients)by the number table method.40 cases in the con-trol group treated with radiation were not treated with preventive drugs,but the patients in the treatment group were treated with glutathione.The occurrence time of acute radiation enteritis and the severity of acute radiation enteritis after treatment were evaluated.Results 15.0% of the treatment group suffered from acute radiation enteritis in the second week and 72.5% in the third week.however,62.5% of the control group were suffered from acute radiation enteritis in the second week and 27.5% in the third week.The difference was statistically significant (χ2 =18.775, 15.998,all P <0.001).Glutathione delayed the occurrence time of acute radiation enteritis.The grade 1 and grade 2 acute radiation enteritis effective rate in the treatment group were 77.5% and 17.5%,and that in the control group were 20.0% and 72.5%,the difference between the two groups was significant(χ2 =26.136,24.139,all P <0.001).The glutathione could reduce the incidence of acute radiation enteritis extent.Conclusion Glutathione could delay the occurrence time of acute radiation enteritis and reduce the incidence of acute radiation enteritis extent.It is worth clinical application.