In order to confirm the anti-carcinoma effect of 10 % Brucea javanica emulsion, 68 casesof brain metastasis as a complication of lung cancer were randomly divided into 2 groups. One group wastreated with radiotherapy...In order to confirm the anti-carcinoma effect of 10 % Brucea javanica emulsion, 68 casesof brain metastasis as a complication of lung cancer were randomly divided into 2 groups. One group wastreated with radiotherapy alone, the other was treated with a combination of radiotherapy and intravenousinjection of 10 % Brucea javanica emulsion. The results showed that the median survival duration (15months in the test group, 10 months in the control group) and the quality of life of the patients in the com-bined (test) group was much better than in the radiotherapy alone (control) group. The results suggest the10 % Brucea javanica emulsion exhibits a synergic action with the radiotherapy in the treatment of brain-metastasis as a complication of lung cancer.展开更多
文摘In order to confirm the anti-carcinoma effect of 10 % Brucea javanica emulsion, 68 casesof brain metastasis as a complication of lung cancer were randomly divided into 2 groups. One group wastreated with radiotherapy alone, the other was treated with a combination of radiotherapy and intravenousinjection of 10 % Brucea javanica emulsion. The results showed that the median survival duration (15months in the test group, 10 months in the control group) and the quality of life of the patients in the com-bined (test) group was much better than in the radiotherapy alone (control) group. The results suggest the10 % Brucea javanica emulsion exhibits a synergic action with the radiotherapy in the treatment of brain-metastasis as a complication of lung cancer.