Clinical Observation of Chinese Herbal Medicine Combined with Radiotherapy for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma / 广州中医药大学学报

ABSTRACT

[Objective] To search a reasonable approach to the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NC) with traditional Chinese medicine integrated with western medicine. [ Methods ] Seventy - six cases of NC were randomized into Group A and Group B. Group A ( n = 39) was treated with herbs for activating blood and removing blood - stasis, nourishing yin and clearing heat during radiotherapy and herbs for replenishing qi and nourishing yin, generating body fluid, moistening dryness and clearing heat after radiotherapy. Group B ( n = 37) was treated with radiotherapy alone. Short - term therapeutic effect, long - term survival rate, the relief of main symptoms, the reduction of cervical lymph node metastasis and side effect of radiotherapy in the two groups were observed. [ Results ] After treatment, the complete relief (CR) rate was 84.6% and 15.4% and partial relief (PR) rate was 73.0% and 27.0% in Group A and B respectively, the differences being significant ( P