放疗前后的食管癌中医药治疗

Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment of Esophageal Cancer before and after Radiotherapy

食管癌是一种消化系统肿瘤,主要有吞咽困难、食管梗阻以及胸骨后疼痛等症状。其发病率,死亡率在恶性肿瘤都较高。目前西医治疗以放疗为主要方法,同时放疗也给患者造成了一定的放射性损伤。中医药治疗噎膈历史悠久,同时具有简、便、廉、验的特点,中医药可以提高患者对放疗的敏感性,降低放射性损伤,提高患者生存质量。本文通过检索有关中医治疗在食管癌放疗前后应用的文献,以期为食管癌提供良好的治疗方案,减轻患者病痛。

Esophageal cancer is a tumor of the digestive system that mainly has symptoms such as dysphagia, esophageal obstruction, and retrosternal pain. Its morbidity and mortality are high in malignant tumors. At present, Western medicine treatment uses radiotherapy as the main method, and radi-otherapy also causes certain radiation damage to patients. Traditional Chinese medicine has a long history of treating choking, and at the same time has the characteristics of simplicity, convenience, inexpensiveness and testing, and traditional Chinese medicine can improve patients’ sensitivity to radiotherapy, reduce radiation damage, and improve the quality of life of patients. This article searches the literature on the application of traditional Chinese medicine treatment before and af-ter radiotherapy for esophageal cancer, in order to provide a good treatment plan for esophageal cancer and alleviate the pain of patients.