Application of Qi-benefiting and Blood-supplementing Chinese Medicines Combined with Ozone in Radiotherapy of Nasopharyngeal Cancer / 国际中医中药杂志

ABSTRACT

Hypoxic cells that exist in nasopharyngeal cancer can not be killed easily and they are the underlying cause for recurrence and metastasis. In radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal cancer, the application of Qi-benefiting and blood-supplementing Chinese medicines can improve blood circulation, increase oxygenation of tumor body, and ameliorating the status of hypoxic cells. Besides medical ozone can promote oxygen-carrying ability of hemoglobin and releasing of oxygen capacity and improve oxygen supplying. If the method of radiotherapy combined with ozone and Chinese medicines can solve the problem of resistance of hypoxic cells to radiation and promote the oxygen effect in radiation and the interaction between organisms, then it will play an important role in the treatment of nasopharyngeal cancer.