Clinical study on integrative medicine for preventing and treating post-transcatheter arterial chemoembolization / 中国中西医结合杂志
Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine
;
(12): 534-536, 2005.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-234831
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe the effects of ginsenosides (GS) and low dose glucocorticoid for preventing and treating the post-transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) syndrome.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Adopting randomized, double blinded, controlled method, 80 patients with primary liver cancer were divided into 4 groups, placebo group, dexamethasone (Dex) group, Ginsenosides (GS) group, and Dex combined with GS group to observe the clinical effect of the patients after TACE.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Dex combined with GS could markedly lower the occurrence of nausea, vomiting, fever and pain, and the median time of symptoms persistence, also alleviate the bone marrow inhibition of chemotherapy.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Dex combined with GS could effectively prevent and treat TACE syndrome.</p>
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Syndrome
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Vomiting
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Dexamethasone
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Drugs, Chinese Herbal
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Double-Blind Method
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Chemoembolization, Therapeutic
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Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
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Ginsenosides
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Therapeutic Uses
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Drug Therapy
Type of study:
Controlled clinical trial
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine
Year:
2005
Type:
Article
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