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Traditional Chinese Medichine Therapy For Patients With Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Radiotherapy After The Influence On The Quality Of Survival

Posted on:2011-06-21Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Z HuangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2144360305963072Subject:Medicine facial scientific
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Research Purpose:Investigation of nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients after radiotherapy quality of life, and cooperate with TCM therapy the influence on the quality of survival, to relieve adverse reaction of patients after treatment, improve the living quality of meaning.Methods:Using EORTC QLQ C30—based on the head of the seven symptoms increased EORTC project QLQHN-37 scale, the content of the "quality of life questionnaire" nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients. Collection is the socio demographic information patients with clinical stage, according to data into treatment group and control group, and the corresponding number, Chinese medicine into voluntary service with chemotherapy group (group)+46 cases and pure chemotherapy group 40 patients (control group).86 NPC patients were observed after concurrent chemoradiation, uses the life quality of EORTC QLQHN-37 scale in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients after concurrent chemoradiation,6 months,1 year,2 years of quality of life, and Two groups of patients survival quality scores were statistically analyzed. Another phone disease-free survival were 68 cases of patients with 5 years,32 cases in treatment group and control group 36 cases, also use EORTC QLQHN-37 for its survival quality assessment scale, all groups scored with SPSS software, data processing 17.0 disease-free survival compared between the two groups of patients survival quality score difference of nasopharyngeal carcinoma radiotherapy, TCM after the influence on the quality of survival. Results:After radiotherapy, treatment group in the function field, the total health and the symptoms field, that three aspects of the quality of survival, scores than control group were statistically significant difference (P<0.05) And in economic difficulty had no significant difference (P>0.05). But radiotherapy after six months of head and neck symptoms, ear symptoms, dry mouth, headache, difficulty in feeding and phlegm in treatment group better than in the control group, the symptoms of nasal symptoms and open the mouse of difficulty two groups symptoms without obvious difference. After radiotherapy 1 years,dry mouth and ear symptoms in treatment group than controls symptoms of light (P<0.05), but the nasal symptoms, headache, difficulty in feeding and phlegm and open the mouse of difficulty two groups is no obvious symptoms (P>0.05). After radiotherapy above 2 years, dry mouth in treatment group than controls symptoms of light (P<0.05), and the nasal symptoms, ear symptoms, headache, difficulty in feeding and phlegm and open the mouse of difficulty two groups is no obvious symptoms (P>0.05).Conclusion:Nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients treated with chemotherapy medicine dialectical therapy can alleviate the symptoms and improve patients with local conditions, the whole body function, all patients in patients with pain and discomfort to improve, improve the quality of life of patients.
Keywords/Search Tags:medicine, adverse, reaction, nasopharyngeal carcinoma
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