Tumor hospital of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine

therapy for cancer chemotherapy sequela series

research project scholarship

TCM acupuncture can alleviate chemotherapy

after "thirsty"

    Xinmin evening news dispatch (reporter ShiJie) in patients with head and neck cancer chemotherapy and may at the same time through the acupuncture to prevent "thirsty" -- a traditional Chinese medicine method, are being modern evidence-based medical data confirmed. By fudan university affiliated tumor hospital of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine division of the acupuncture led after radiotherapy for head and neck cancer patients to prevent dry mouth "project, recently won the national cancer institute (NCI) 276 million dollars in funding.

    "Dry mouth" is for head and neck cancer chemotherapy, especially after the side effects of chemotherapy inevitable, and so far, no one at home and abroad or treatments for treatment can effectively relieve dry mouth survival in patients with symptoms, the quality is often so big discounts. Tumor hospital scientific research team in previous trials, for 90 cases of patients with head and neck cancer is chemotherapy treatment by randomly, the results found that by throughout the chemotherapy during the 6 to 7 weeks, and accept time, three times a week TiZhen MEDALS 20 minutes "3 + 4 commemorative earpins" acupuncture person, saliva, and significantly increased the amount of acupuncture and after half a year in end can still keep good secretion.

    New start "acupuncture for head and neck cancer patients to prevent after radiotherapy dry mouth" project in the next four years, according to western medicine evidence-based medicine, at the request of 300-360 head and neck cancer chemotherapy, implement acupuncture treatment of prevention dry mouth, each strict records patients saliva component, viscosity, PH value, protein content, such as the parotid gland conduit conclusive clinical data changes, in order to get a credible, true and reliable TCM acupuncture curative effect assessment conclusion.

    Early in the eight years ago, with the United States tumor hospital cancer hospital Anderson cancer center, ranked first hand the dedicated to participate in traditional medicine "integrated medicine" research. The construction of the u.s.-china cooperation with their medical research platform for tumor integration goal, first won the NCI jointly apply for the $300,000 research funding. Later, they again in 2003 and 2005, the 2010 obtained TCM clinical oncology project, funded more than $5.5 million total funds. Among them, the acupuncture prevent dry mouth after chemotherapy in NCI experts declare, got a rare "score" evaluation.

    Project director said, with acupuncture treatment, low cost, easy access to the safety of strong, small trauma, etc. Especially for some patients with adanced cancer often appear complications such as pain and bowel paralysis, acupuncture can gain considerable curative effect. Tumor hospital of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine division still will continue to "acupuncture treatment of pancreatic cancer pain", "point injection topics such as the treatment of advanced pancreatic cancer" with the international co-channel launch, more extensive demonstration and extension work.